8502191882 | sagittal plane | right and left | 0 | |
8502192728 | coronal plane | front(ventral) and back(dorsal) | 1 | |
8502195560 | transverse plane | cross section, divides body from top to bottom | 2 | |
8502197805 | anatomic plane | the body is erect, the feet are slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing forward. | 3 | |
8502199536 | superior | above | 4 | |
8502200258 | inferior | below | 5 | |
8502200373 | anterior | facing forward | 6 | |
8502200589 | posterior | toward the back | 7 | |
8502201313 | medial | toward the mid-line | 8 | |
8502203464 | proximal | towards limbs | 9 | |
8502203784 | distal | away from limbs | 10 | |
8502205831 | dorsal or back cavity | cranial and spinal | 11 | |
8502207887 | ventral or front cavity | orbits, nasal, oral, thoracic, abdominopelvic cavities | 12 | |
8502210515 | histology | study of tissues | 13 | |
8502211798 | tissue | a group of cells that perform a specific function | 14 | |
8502212947 | epithelial tissue | covers, line, and protect the body and its internal organ | 15 | |
8502215654 | connective tissue | framework of body, provides support and structure for organs | 16 | |
8502217322 | nerve tissue or neuroglia | composed of neurons, and ct tissues | 17 | |
8502220206 | muscle tissue | ability to contract or shorten | 18 | |
8502221219 | voluntary muscle | muscle tissue | 19 | |
8502221709 | involuntary muscle | smooth and cardiac muscle | 20 | |
8502222374 | cell | is the basic unit of life and building blocks of tissues and organs | 21 | |
8502228002 | mitosis | growth and repair, DNA is duplicated and distributed EVENLY to 2 daughter cells | 22 | |
8502229607 | meiosis | cell division takes place in the gonads; ovaries and testes, the chrom number is REDUCED from 46 to 23 | 23 | |
8502230540 | skin | largest organ in the body | 24 | |
8502232457 | epidermis | outer layer, most protective layer made of dead skin: keratinized | 25 | |
8502242091 | the layers of epidermis from outer to inner layer | stratum corneum stratum lucidum stratum granulosum the most inner part: stratum germinatiivum includes stratum spinosum and stratum basale | 26 | |
8502247472 | stratum corneum | top layer of dead skin, basic protection from environment | 27 | |
8502249233 | stratum lucidum | clear layer, on the palms and soles of the feet | 28 | |
8502249439 | stratum granulosum | handles keratin protein | 29 | |
8502250251 | stratum germinatiivum | where mitosis occurs, includes stratum spinosum and basale | 30 | |
8502250772 | stratum spinosum | spiky layer or dasmosome, have immune cells like Langerhans cells exist on the surface of the skin. They help to protect you by keeping dangerous microbes from entering your body. | 31 | |
8502250773 | stratum basale | connects the epidermis to dermis | 32 | |
8502260765 | dermis | the underlying layer of ct tissues with blood vessels and nerve endings | 33 | |
8502262048 | melanin | epidermal cells contain protein pigment which protect from the sun | 34 | |
8502265633 | eccrine gland | watery secretion THRU the skin (SWEAT) | 35 | |
8502266980 | apocrine gland | armpits and groin area SWEAT, resulting in body odor | 36 | |
8502271400 | sebaceous gland | release sebum through hair follicle to lubricate skin | 37 | |
8502272579 | sebum | produced by holocrine secretion, which become clogged, attract bacteria during adolescence | 38 | |
8502276741 | the appendages of skin include | hair and nails | 39 | |
8502283578 | what happens when epidermal cells move from the inner layer to superficial layer? | the move away from blood and nutrient supply, therefore dehydrate and die | 40 | |
8502285767 | skeletal system | body framework consists of bone, cartilage, ligaments and joints | 41 | |
8502286217 | function of skeletal system | support movement blood cell formation; hemopiesis protection of internal organs detoxification; removal of posions provision for muscle attachment mineral storage: calcium and phosphorus | 42 | |
8502290225 | long bone | longer than wide; femur | 43 | |
8502290569 | short bone | cube shaped; carpals | 44 | |
8502296080 | fat bone | consists of compact and spongy in the middle; vertebra | 45 | |
8502299184 | compact bone | osteon or haversian system: structural unit of bone. consists of an osteonic canal, lamellae of matrix, osteocytes in lacunae, and canaliculi. | 46 | |
8502305680 | spongy bone | less dense, consist of trabecule: provide strength to bone; around irregular cavities that contain RBM | 47 | |
8502307737 | diaphysis | shaft of long bone | 48 | |
8502307996 | epiphysis | end of long bone | 49 | |
8502310198 | osteoblast | bone forming cell | 50 | |
8502310353 | osteoclast | destroys or resorbs bone tissue | 51 | |
8502311164 | osteocyte | mature cone cell | 52 | |
8502311713 | osteon | structural unit of bone | 53 | |
8502315107 | synarthroses joint | immovable joint, hold bones together by short fibers | 54 | |
8502318471 | amphiarthroses joint | connected by hyline cartilage or fibrocartilage; intervertebral disks and symphysis pubis | 55 | |
8502323491 | diarthroses joint | freely movable; synovial joint:gliding, condyloid, hinge, saddle, pivot, ball and socket | 56 | |
8502327067 | endochondral ossification | cartilage replaced by bone | 57 | |
8502327493 | intramembranous ossification | ct replaced by bone; fontanels is considered the soft spot on the babies head | 58 | |
8502330951 | epiphyseal plate | plate between the epiphysis;ends and diaphysis;shaft, the lengthwise growth of a long bone | 59 | |
8504190608 | axial skeleton | 80 bones skull vertebral column 12 ribs sternum | 60 | |
8504193501 | human skeleton | 206 bones | 61 | |
8504198397 | appendicular skeleton | 126 bones | 62 | |
8504198617 | skull or cranial | 28 bones 14 facial 14 cranial vaults | 63 | |
8504198871 | ossicles of the ear | 6 paired bones on each ear malleus incus stapes | 64 | |
8504201808 | facial bones include | 2 nasal 2 maxillary or upper jaw 2 zygomatic or cheek bone 1 mandible or lower jaw 2 palatine 1 vomer 2 lacrimal produce tears 2 inferior nasal conchea | 65 | |
8506264171 | clavicle | collar bone, anterior bone of the pectoral girdle | 66 | |
8506264172 | scapula | shoulder blade, posterior bone of the pectoral girdle | 67 | |
8506264173 | scapula | bone that has an acromion and spine | 68 | |
8506265054 | humerus | large bone of the arm | 69 | |
8506265933 | radius | bone lateral side of forearm | 70 | |
8506266346 | ulna | under, bone medial side of forearm | 71 | |
8506271636 | radius | bone lateral side of forearm | 72 | |
8506271938 | carpels | wrist bones | 73 | |
8506272264 | metacarpals | bone that form the palm of the hand | 74 | |
8506273735 | phalanges | bones that form fingers and toes | 75 | |
8506274769 | ulna | trochlea of humerus | 76 | |
8506277011 | saddle joint | back and worth, side to side, thumb | 77 | |
8506286678 | ball and socket | widest range of movement, shoulder | 78 | |
8506288601 | gliding joint | allow bones to glide one another in any directions, wrist | 79 | |
8506289376 | hinge | forward and backward movement, elbow | 80 | |
8506290677 | convex | outward | 81 | |
8506291066 | concave | inward | 82 | |
8506291797 | pivot joint | move head side to side, cervical 1 & 2 | 83 | |
8507028211 | tibia | shine bone | 84 | |
8507028342 | fibia | calf bone | 85 | |
8507055006 | patella | seasamoid bone | 86 | |
8507055913 | sternum | manubrium: jugular notch, attaches to body the body xiphoid | 87 | |
8507060575 | true ribs | 7 cervical vertebra C1-C7 c1: atlas, holds up occippital c2: axis odontiod process | 88 | |
8507068298 | false ribs | 12 thoracic T1-T12 | 89 | |
8507075887 | floating ribs | 5 lumbar L1-L5 | 90 | |
8507077147 | scarum and coccyx | 5bones fused into 1 | 91 | |
8506985199 | muscles | produce movement by contracting in response to nervous stimulation | 92 | |
8506988136 | sarcomeres | myofibrils resulting sliding together of actin and myosin | 93 | |
8507002604 | calcium and ATP | must be present for a muscle cell to contract | 94 | |
8507082298 | motor neurons | release of calcium from sacroplasmic recticulum to form myosin and actin to use Energy by ATP, the filaments slide together to produce Contraction | 95 | |
8507088461 | skeletal muscles | voluntarily; conscious control | 96 | |
8507088922 | prime mover or agonist | given movement | 97 | |
8507090207 | synergists | assists the action of a prime mover | 98 | |
8507094127 | antagonist | opposite movement to none | 99 | |
8507095325 | flexors | reduce the angle at the joint; bending | 100 | |
8507095724 | extensors | increase the angle at the joint; straightening | 101 | |
8507098917 | abductor | draw limb AWAY from midline | 102 | |
8507099011 | adductor | towards the midline | 103 | |
8507103696 | mastication | chewing muscles include masster and temporalis | 104 | |
8507105354 | sternocleidomastoid | flexes neck muscle | 105 | |
8507105881 | trapezuis | extends neck muscle | 106 | |
8507116199 | intercostal muscles and diaphragm | thoracic wall, process of breathing | 107 | |
8507117284 | abdominal walls | external oblique internal oblique transversus abdominis rectus abdominis provide strength and support | 108 | |
8507122312 | erector spinae | muscles of the vertebral column from sacrum to skull | 109 | |
8507128006 | trapezius and serratus(ant.) | attaches and moves scapula | 110 | |
8507133486 | latissimus doris | lower back | 111 | |
8507134334 | triceps brachii | posterior, EXTENDS forearm | 112 | |
8507134722 | biceps brachii and brachialis | anterior, FLEX forearm | 113 | |
8507136243 | brachioradialis | flexes and supinates forearm | 114 | |
8507138386 | deltoid | shoulder muscle | 115 | |
8507141545 | quadriceps femoris | anterior thigh, straightens leg | 116 | |
8507142823 | sartorious muscle | anterior surface of thing, FLEX and medially rotates the leg | 117 | |
8507145980 | hamstring muscle | posterior thigh muscle are antagonist(opposite) from quads | 118 | |
8507149521 | tibialis | anterior, dorsiflexes: foot in flat on the floor | 119 | |
8507151132 | peroneus muscle | lateral muscle, everts: rotation the ankle so that the sole of foot points AWAY from the other | 120 | |
8507153117 | gastrocnemius muscle | posterior of lower leg, planter flex:toes pointed up | 121 | |
8507154300 | inversion | rotating the ankle so that the sole of the foot points TOWARDS the other | 122 | |
8507155256 | depression | moving a body part in a inferior direction | 123 | |
8507155464 | elevation | moving a body part in a superior direction | 124 |
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