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ABDOMINAL CAVITY
SUPERIOR PORTION OF ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY.
CONTAINS STOMACH, SPLEEN, LIVER, GALLBLADDER, MOST OF THE SMALL INTESTINES AND PART OF LARGE INTESTINE
ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
INFERIOR TO THE DIAPHRAGM: CONTAINS ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND INFERIOR PELVIC CAVITY
ANATOMICAL POSITION
BODY IS ERECT, HEAD IS LEVEL, EYES FACED FORWARD, UPPER LIMBS ARE AT THE SIDES, PALMS FACE FORWARD, FEET ARE FLAT ON FLOOR
ANATOMY
STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF BODY, AND RELATION TO EACH OTHER
CATABOLISM
CHEMICAL REACTIONS BREAK DOWN COMPLEX ORGANIC COMPOUNDS INTO SIMPLE ONES, WITH NET RELEASE OF ENERGY
CRANIAL CAVITY
BODY CAVITY FORMED BY CRANIAL BONES; CONTAINS BRAIN
DEEP
AWAY FROM SURFACE OF BODY OR ORGAN
DIAPHRAGM
SEPARATES THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES; IS DOME SHAPED
DISEASE
ANY CHANGE FROM A STATE OF HEALTH
DISTAL
FARTHER FROM POINT OF ORGIN OR ATTACHMENT; FARTHER FROM THE ATTACHMENT OF A LIMB TO TRUNK
EFFECTOR
AN ORGAN OF THE BODY,EITHER A MUSCLE OR GLAND,
EXTERNAL
LOCATED ON OR NEAR THE SURFACE
FACE
ANTERIOR ASPECT OF HEAD
HEAD
SUPERIOR PART OF A HUMAN, CEPHALIC TO THE NECK,SUPERIOR OR PROXIMAL PART OF STRUCTURE
HOMEOSTASIS
CONDITION OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT REMAINS RELATIVELY CONSTANT WITHIN PHYSIOLOGICAL LIMITS
INFERIOR
AWAY FROM THE HEAD OR TOWARD THE LOWER PART OF A STRUCTURE ALSO CALLED CAUDAD
INTRACELLULAR FLUID
ICF; FLUID LOCATED WITHIN CELLS
LATERAL
FURTHER FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY OR A STRUCTURE
LOWER LIMB
APPENDAGE ATTACHED AT PELVIC GIRDLE(HIP) CONSISTING OF THIGH, KNEE, LEG, ANKLE, FOOT, AND TOES ALSO CALLED LOWER EXTREMITY
LYMPH
FLUID CONFINED IN LYMPHATIC VESSELS AND FLOWING THROUGH THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM UNTIL IT IS RETURNED TO THE BLOOD
MEDIAL
NEARER THE MIDLINE OF BODY OR STRUCTURE
MEDIAN PLANE
A VERTICAL PLANE DIVIDING BODY INTO RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES. SITUATED IN THE MIDDLE
MEDIASTINUM
ANATIMICAL REGION OF THE THORACIC CAVITY BETWEEN THE PLEURAE OF THE LUNGS EXTENDS TO VERTEBRAL COLUMN FROM THE FIRST RIB TO DIAPHRAGM
MIDSAGITTAL PLANE
VERTICAL PLANE THROUGH MIDLINE OF BODY THAT DIVIDES BODY OR ORGANS INTO EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES ALSO CALLED MEDIAN PLANE
NECK
PART CONNECTING HEAD AND TRUNK
OBLIQUE PLANE
PLANE THAT PASSES THROUGH BODY OR ORGAN AT AN ANGLE BETWEEN THE TRANSVERSE PLANE AND EITHER MIDSAGITTAL, PARASAGITTAL OR FRONTAL PLANE
ORGAN
STRUTURE COMPOSED OF TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TISSUES WITH A SPECIFIC FUNCTION AND USUALLY A RECOGNIZABLE SHAPE
ORGANISM
A TOTAL LIVING FORM; ONE INDIVIDUAL
PARASAGITTAL PLANE
VERTICAL PLANE DOES NOT PASS THROUGH THE MIDLINE AND DIVIDES BODY OR ORGANS INTO UNEQUAL LEFT AND RIGHT PORTIONS
PELVIC CAVITY
INFERIOR PORTIONOF THE ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY CONTAINING URINARY BLADDER, SIGMOID COLON, RECTUM, AND INTERNAL FEMALE AND MALE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES
GROSS ANATOMY
STUDY OF STRUCTURES LARGE ENOUGH TO BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE EX: REGIONAL,SYSEMIC, & SURFACE
REGIONAL ANATOMY
STUDY OF ALL BODY STRUCTURES IN A GIVEN BODY REGION
SYSTEMIC ANATOMY
STUDY OF ALL STRUCTURES IN A BODY SYSTEM
SURFACE ANATOMY
STUDY OF THE INTERNAL BODY STRUCTURES AS THEY RELATE TO THE OVERLYING SKIN.
MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY
STUDY OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE EX: CYTOLOGY & HISTOLOGY
CYTOLOGY
STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS
HISTOLOGY
STUDY OF TISSUES
DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY
STUDY OF CHANGE IN BODY STRUCTURES OVER THE COURSE OF A LIFE TIME. EX: EMBRYOLOGY
EMBRYOLOGY
STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT FROM THE FERTIZED EGG TO THE EIGHTH WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT.
SPECIALIZED ANATOMY
EX: PATHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGY,& MOLECULAR ( CHEMICAL STRUCTURE)
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
STUDY OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE.
RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY
STUDY OF INTERNAL STRUCTURES USING SPECIALIZED VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES.
PHYSIOLOGY
STUDY OF THE FUNCTION OF BODY'S STRUCTURAL MACHINERY. EX: FUNCTION OF SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEMS & FOCUSES ON CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR EVENTS ( PHYSICS & ELECTRICAL IMPULSES.
RENAL
KIDNEY FUNCTION
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
WORKINGS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
CARDIOVASCULAR
OPERATION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS.
PRINCIPLE OF COMPLEMENTARITY
IT STATES THAT FUNCTION IS DEPENDENT ON STRUCTURE, & THAT FORM OF A STRUCTURE RELATES TO ITS FUNCTION( WHAT IT CAN DO)
WHAT ARE THE SIX LEVELS OF STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION?
CHEMICAL, CELLULAR, TISSUE, ORGAN, SYSTEM, & ORGANISMAL.
CHEMICAL LEVEL
SIMPLEST LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION.
1. ATOMS, TINY BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER, COMBINE TO FORM MOLECULES.
2. MOLECULES COMBINE IN SPECIFIC WAYS TO FORM ORGANELLES, WHICH ARE THE BASIC UNIT OF LIVING CELLS.
ORGANELLES
SPECIALIZED TO SERVE A SPECFIC FUNCTION IN CELLULAR ACTIVITIES.
CELLULAR LEVEL
SMALLEST UNIT OF LIFE, & VARIES WIDELY IN SIZE AND SHAPE ACCORDING TO THE CELL'S FUNCTION.
TISSUE LEVEL
GROUPS OF CELLS HAVING A COMMON FUNCTION.
ORGAN LEVEL
TWO OR MORE GROUPS OF TISSUE THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM AQ SPECIFIC FUNCTION IN THE BODY.
ORGAN LEVEL
A GROUP OF ORGANS THAT WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
ORGANISMAL LEVEL
TOTAL OF ALL STRUCTURES WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE LIFE.
WHAT ARE THE ELEVEN SYSTOMS IN THE BODY?
INTEGUMENTARY, SKELETAL,MUSCULAR, NERVOUS, ENDOCRINE,CARDIOVASCULAR, LYMPHATIC AND IMMUNITY,RESPIRATORY,DIGESTIVE, URINARY, & REPRODUCTIVE
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
HAIR, SKIN ( LARGEST ORGAN)AND GLANDS. Functions are protective, regulates temperature, sensation, & produces vitamin d.
SKELETAL SYSTEM
BONES, CARTILAGE, & JOINTS. FUNCTIONS ARE BODY'S FRAMEWORK, SUPPORT, PROTECTION, MOVEMENT, & MINERAL STORAGE.
MUSCULAR SYSTEM
SKELETAL MUSCLES & TENDONS. FUNCTIONS ARE MOVEMENT, MUSCLE GENERATES HEAT & STABILIZING BODY.
NERVOUS SYSTEM
BRAIN, SPINAL CORD AND NERVES. fUNCTION IS GENERATES NERVE IMPULSES, REGULATES BODY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT.
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
PITUITARY, PINEAL, ADRENAL AND THYROID GLANDS, THYMUS, PANCREAS, OVARY AND TESTIS. REGULATES BODY ACTIVITES & SECRETES HORMONES.
CARIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
HEART, BLOOD VESSELS: ARTERY AND VEIN. FUNCTION IS HEART PUMPS BLOOD THRU THE BODY, BLOOD TRANSPORTS SUBSTANCES TO OUR CELLS AND REGULATES BODY TEMPERATURE.
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY
THYMUS, TONSIL, THORACIC DUCT, SPLEEN, LYMPH NPDE, & LYMPHATIC VESSEL.
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
PHARYNNX, LARYNEX( VOICE BOX), TRACHEA(WINDPIPE), BRONCHU & LUNGS. FUNCTIONS ARE GAS EXCHANGE( BRINGS OXYGEN INTO LUNGS AND EXPELLS CO2, MAINTAINS ACID/BASE BALANCE (PH), SPEECH AND SOUND ( AIR PASSES OVER LARYNX PRODUCING SPEECH.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
PHARYNX, SALIVARY GLAND, MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS, LIVER, TOMACH, GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS( POSTERIOR TO STOMACH), LARGE AND SMALL INTESTINE & ANUS. FUNCTIONS ARE FOOD BREAKDOWN SO CELLS CAN ABSORB NUTRIENTS & ELIMINATES WASTE.
URINARY SYSTEM
KIDNEYS, URETER, URINARY BLADDER & URETHRA. FUNCTIONS ARE CREATE URINE, FILTRATION OF BLOOD & MAINTAINS BLOOD VOLUME AND BP.
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
(FEMALE) MAMMARY GLAND, UTERINE( FALLOPIAN) TUBE, OVARIES, UTERUS & VAGINA. (MALE) DUCTUS (VAS) DEFERENS, SEMINAL VESICLE, PROSTATE, PENIS & TESTES. FUNCTIONS ARE OFFSPRING PRODUCTION,HOMOLOGUS STRUCTURES ( BOTH SEXES) HAS THE SAME FUNCTION IN BOTH.
INTERRELATIONSHIPA OF ORGAN SYSTEMS
NO SINGLE ORGAN SYSTEM CAN FUNCTION BY ITSELF EX: NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN ARE DISTRIBUTED BY TH BLOOD, METABOLIC WASTES ARE ELIMINATED BY THE URINARY AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS & DIGESTIVE SYSTEM & MUSCLES PULL ON BONE TO CREATE MOVEMENT.
HOMEOSTASIS
THE ABILITY OF THE BODY TO MAINTAIN A RELATIVELY CONSTANT INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, REGARDLESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.
SUPERIOR
ABOVE
EX: The head is superior nto the neck
INFERIOR
BELOW
EX: The neck is inferior to the head.
ANTERIOR (VENTRAL)
CLOSER TO THE FRONT OF THE BODY
EX: The lips are anterior to the teeth.
POSTERIOR ( dORSL)
CLOSER TO THE BACK OF THE BODY.
EX: The teeth are posterior to the lips.
MEDIAL
CLOSER TO MIDLINE OF BODY.
EX: The nose is medial to the eyes.
LATERAL
FARTHER FROM MIDLINE OF BODY.
EX: The eyes are lateral to the nose.
INTERMEDIATE
BETWEEN TWO STRUCTURES.
EX: The elbow IS INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE SHOULDER AND WRIST.
IPSAILATERAL
( IP-SI-LAT-ER-AL)
ON SAME SIDE OF BODY
EX: The right arm and right leg are ipsilaterial.
CONTRALATERAL
( CON-TRA-LAT-ER-AL)
ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF BODY
EX: The right arm and left arm are contralateral.
PROXIMAL
NEARER TO POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF LIMB TO TRUNK
EX: The elbow is proximal to the wrist.
DISTAL
FARTHER FROM POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF LIMB TO TRUNK
EX: The wrist is distal to the elbow.
SUPERFICIAL
CLOSER TO SURFACE OF BODY
EX: The skin is superficial to the muscles.
DEEP
FARTHER FROM SURFACE OF BODY
EX: The muscles are deep to the skin.
PLANE
FLAT SURFACES THAT DIVIDE BODY OR ORGANS IN ORDER TO EXPOSE INTERNAL STRUCTURES.
SECTIONS
THE EXPOSED SURFACES PRODUCED BY PLANES.
SAGITTAL PLANE
PASS VERTICALLY THROUGH THE BODY OR ORGANS DIVIDING THEM IN TO RIGHT AND LEFT SECTIONS.
MIDSAGITTALPLANE
PASSES VERTICALLY THROUGH THE MIDLINE DIVING BODY INTO EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES
PARASAGITTAL PLANE
BODY IS DIVIDED INTO UNEQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT PORTIONS
DISTAL
FARTHER FROM POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF LIMB TO TRUNK
EX: The wrist is distal to the elbow.
FRONTAL OR CORONAL PLANE
PASSES VERTICALLY THROUGH BODY OR ORGANS AN PRODUCES A ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SECTIONS.
SUPERFICIAL
CLOSER TO SURFACE OF BODY
EX: The skin is superficial to the muscles.
TRANSVERSE PLANE
PASSES HORIZONALLY THROUGH BODY AND PRODUCES SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR SECTIONS.
DEEP
FARTHER FROM SURFACE OF BODY
EX: The muscles are deep to the skin.
PLANE
FLAT SURFACES THAT DIVIDE BODY OR ORGANS IN ORDER TO EXPOSE INTERNAL STRUCTURES.
DISTAL
FARTHER FROM POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF LIMB TO TRUNK
EX: The wrist is distal to the elbow.
SECTIONS
THE EXPOSED SURFACES PRODUCED BY PLANES.
SAGITTAL PLANE
PASS VERTICALLY THROUGH THE BODY OR ORGANS DIVIDING THEM IN TO RIGHT AND LEFT SECTIONS.
SUPERFICIAL
CLOSER TO SURFACE OF BODY
EX: The skin is superficial to the muscles.
DEEP
FARTHER FROM SURFACE OF BODY
EX: The muscles are deep to the skin.
MIDSAGITTALPLANE
PASSES VERTICALLY THROUGH THE MIDLINE DIVING BODY INTO EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES
PLANE
FLAT SURFACES THAT DIVIDE BODY OR ORGANS IN ORDER TO EXPOSE INTERNAL STRUCTURES.
PARASAGITTAL PLANE
BODY IS DIVIDED INTO UNEQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT PORTIONS
FRONTAL OR CORONAL PLANE
PASSES VERTICALLY THROUGH BODY OR ORGANS AN PRODUCES A ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SECTIONS.
SECTIONS
THE EXPOSED SURFACES PRODUCED BY PLANES.
TRANSVERSE PLANE
PASSES HORIZONALLY THROUGH BODY AND PRODUCES SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR SECTIONS.
SAGITTAL PLANE
PASS VERTICALLY THROUGH THE BODY OR ORGANS DIVIDING THEM IN TO RIGHT AND LEFT SECTIONS.
MIDSAGITTALPLANE
PASSES VERTICALLY THROUGH THE MIDLINE DIVING BODY INTO EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES
PARASAGITTAL PLANE
BODY IS DIVIDED INTO UNEQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT PORTIONS
FRONTAL OR CORONAL PLANE
PASSES VERTICALLY THROUGH BODY OR ORGANS AN PRODUCES A ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SECTIONS.
TRANSVERSE PLANE
PASSES HORIZONALLY THROUGH BODY AND PRODUCES SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR SECTIONS.
OBLIQUE PLANES
PASS THROUGH BODY AT AN ANGLE.
LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS
SECTIONS THAT ARE PRODUCED BY A PLANE RUNNING ALONG THE AXIS OF A LONG NARROW STRUCTURE.
CROSS-SECTIONS
SECTIONS THAT ARE PRODUCED BY A PLANE RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONG AXIS.
AXIAL
HEAD AND TRUNK
CEPHALIC
HEAD
CRANIAL
PART OF SKULL THAT SURROUBING THE BRAIN
FACIAL
PERTAINING TO THE FACE
FRONTAL
PERTAING TO THE FOREHEAD
ORBITAL
PERTAINING TO THE EYE
OTIC
PERTAINING TO THE EAR
NASAL
PERTAINING TO THE NOSE
BUCCAL
PERTAINING TO THE CHEEK
ORAL
PERTAINING TO THE MOUTH
MENTAL
PERTAINING TO THE CHIN
OCCIPITAL
PERTAINING TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD
CERVICAL
PERTAINING TO THE NECK
THORACIC
PERTAINING TO THE CHEST
STERNAL
PERTAINING TO THE BREAST BONE
MAMMARY
PERTAINING TO THE BREAST
ABDOMINAL
PERTAINING TO THE ABDOMEN
UMBILICAL
PERTAINING TO THE NAVEL
COXAL
PERTAINING TO THE HIP
PELVIC
PERTAINING TO THE PELVIS
PUBIC
PERTAINING TO THE GENITAL AREA
DORSAL
PERTAINING TO THE BACK
DORSAL
PERTAINING TO THE BACK
SCAPULAR
SHOULDER BLADE REGION
VERTEBRAL
SPINAL COLUMN
LUMBAR
AREA OF BACK BETWEEN THE LOWEST RIB AND BUTTOCKS
APPENDICULAR
EXTREMITIES OR LIMBS
ACROMIAL
HIGHEST POINT OF SHOULDER
AXILLARY
AQRMPIT
BRACHIAL
ARM
ANTECUBITAL
ANTERIOR (FRONT) SURFACE OF ELBOW
OLECRANAL
POSTERIOR (BACK) SURFACE OF THE ELBOW
ANTEBRACHIAL
FOREARM
CARPAL
WRIST
MANUAL
HAND
PALMAR
PALM OF HAND
DIGITAL
DIGITS (FINGERS)
INGUINAL
(ING-won-ul)
groin where the thigh attaches to the pelvis
GLUTEAL
buttocks
FEMORAL
thigh
PATELLAR
ANTERIOR (FRONT) SURFACE OF KNEE
POPLITEAL
POSTERIOR (BACK) SURFACE OF KNEE
CRURAL
ANTERIOR (FRONT) SURFACE OF LEG
FIBULAR OR PERONEAL
LATERIAL SIDE OF LEG
SURAL
POSTERIOR (BACK) SURFACE OF THE LEG
TARSAL
ANKLE
PEDAL
THE FOOT
PLANTAR
SOLE OF FOOT
CALCANEAL
(KAL-KANE-EE-UL)
THE HEEL
DIGITAL
DIGITS (TOES)