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55 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Axillary
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Armpit
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Brachial
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arm
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Buccal
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Cheek Area
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Carpal
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Wrist
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Cervical
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Neck Region
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Coxal
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hip
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crural
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leg
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digital
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fingers, toes
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femoral
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thigh
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fibular
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lateral part of the leg
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Inguinal
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area where thigh meets body trunk; groin
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nasal
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nose area
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oral
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mouth
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orbittal
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eye area
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patellar
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anterior knee
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pelvic
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area overlying the pelvis anteriorly.
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pubic
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genital region
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sternal
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breastbone area
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tarsal
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ankle region
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thoracic
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chest
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umbilical
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navel
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cephalic
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head
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deltoid
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curve of shoulder formed by large deltoid muscle.
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gluteal
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butttock
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Lumbar
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area of back between ribs and hips.
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occipital
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posterior surface of the head
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popliteal
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posterior knee area
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sacral
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area between hips
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scapular
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shoulder blade region
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sural
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the posterior surface of lower leg; the calf
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vertebral
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area of spine
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Levels of structural organization.
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chemical level - cellular level - tissue level - organ level - organ system level - organismal level.
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Sagittal section
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a cut made along the lengthwise, or longitudinal plane of the bodyinto right and left part.
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midsagittal section
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a sagittal cut where both the left and right parts are equal.
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frontal or coronal section
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a cut made that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.
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transverse section
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divides the body into superior and inferior parts.
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Dorsal Cavity
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has two subdivisions the cranial cavity which protects the brain and the spinal cavity which protects the spine
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Ventral cavity
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contains all structures within the chest and abdomen divided into three thoracic cavity seperated form the ventral cavity by the diaphragm. The abdominal Cavity contains the stomach. the pelvic cavity contains reproductive organs
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Homeostasis
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the ability of an object to maintain internal balances
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axial skeleton
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the bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body.
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appendicular skeleton
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the bones of the limbs and girdles.
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organic compounds
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carbon containing compounds
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Amino acids
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the basic building blocks of proteins
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Enzymes
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functional proteins that act as biological catalysts.
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ph
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measure of relative acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
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High energy phosphate bonds.
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chemical bonds that attach the phosphate group to the sugar and nitrogen baseduring ATP hydosis.
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structure of DNA
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sugar, nitogren base and a phosphate group.
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Nucleotide
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The building blocks of nucleic acids.
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ATP(Adenine Triphosphate)
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A form of energy used by all body cells.
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ACtive transport
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A from of transportation that uses energy.
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passive transport.
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requires no use of energy like diffusion and filtration.
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cell membrane
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seperates the cell from its outer surroundings
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Rough ER
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called rough ER because it is studded with ribosomes. it is like the factory of the cell.
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Ribosomes
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The sight of protein synthesis
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Mtochondria
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the power house of the cell
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