Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Anatomy
|
scientific discipline that investigates the body's structure
|
|
|
Physiology
|
scientific investigation of the processes or functions of living things
|
|
|
Medial
|
towards the midline of the body(the bridge of the nose is medial to the eye)
|
|
|
Lateral
|
Away from the midline of the body (the nipple is lateral to the breastbone)
|
|
|
Proximal
|
Closer to the point of attatchment to the body then another structure (the elbow is proximal to the wrist)
|
|
|
Distal
|
Farther from the point of attachment to the body than another stucture (the wrist is distal to the elbow)
|
|
|
Anterior/Ventral
|
The Front of the Body (the naval is anterior to the spine)
|
|
|
Posterior/Dorsal
|
The back of the body (the spine is posterior to the breastbone)
|
|
|
Superior/Cranial/Cephalic
|
Closer to the head than another structure (the chin is cephalic to the naval
|
|
|
Inferior/Caudal
|
Closer to the tail than another structure (the naval is caudal to the chin)
|
|
|
Median
|
sagittal plane that passes through the midline of the body dividing it into equal right and left halves
|
|
|
Sagittal
|
runs vertically through the body seperating it into right and left portions
|
|
|
Coronal/Frontal
|
plane runs vertically from right to left and divides the body into anterior and posterior parts
|
|
|
Transverse
|
plane runs parallel to the ground dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
|
|
|
Axial
|
Skull,vertabral column, and rib cage
|
|
|
Appendicular
|
The portion of the skeleton consisting of the upper limbs and the lower limbs and their girdles
|
|
|
Foramen
|
Round; Hole
|
|
|
Meatus
|
canal like passage; passage way or tunnel
|
|
|
Sinus
|
Hollow in the bone or other tissue;enlarged channel for blood or lymph
|
|
|
Fossa
|
Shallow Depression (Articular Surface)
|
|
|
Condyle
|
Rounded Articule Projection
|
|
|
Epicondyle
|
Raised area on/above condyle
|
|
|
Tubercule
|
Small round projection
|
|
|
Tuberosity
|
Large Round Projection
|
|
|
Crest
|
Narrrow ridges on bone(more prominent)
|
|
|
Line
|
Narrow Ridges of bone
|
|
|
Spine
|
on vertabrae sharpe pointed projection
|
|
|
Functions of the skeletal system
|
Support Movement Protection Mineral Reserve Hemopoieses
|
|
|
Major Features of bones
|
Head Neck Body
|
