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86 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Towards the Head
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Superior
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Away from the midline
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Lateral
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Front
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Anterior
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Toward midline
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Medial
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Nearer point of attachment
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Proximal
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Nearer Surface
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Superficial
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Back
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Posterior/Dorsal
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Away From Head
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Inferior
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Farther from point of attachment
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Distal
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Farther from surface
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Deep
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Head, Neck, and Trunk
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Axial
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a crosswise or horizontal plane
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Transverse
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Chest Cavity
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Thoracic
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A plane running from front to back that divides the body into two halves
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Saggital
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Plane that divide body into upper and lower halves
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Transverse
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Movable joints
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articulations
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On the same side of the body
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Ipsilateral
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the belly button
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Umbilicus
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wall of body cavity
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parietal
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a steady state
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Homeostatis
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Between the lungs
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Mediasisum
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Wasting away of an organ
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atrophy
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Testes and ovaries
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gonad
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Membrane that covers body cavity
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peritoneum
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Dehydration
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excessive loss of body water
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Hypothermia
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low body temperature
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Subcutaneous
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beneath the skin
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albinism
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deficiency or complete absence of skin pigment
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Decubitus ulcer
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frequently reffered to as bedsore
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Carcinogenic
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cancer producing
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Vitiligo
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patches of depigmented skin
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carcinoma
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cancer of epithelial tissue
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metastasis
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spread of disease from one body regionor organ to another
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operates and controls digestive system
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Hypothalamus
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Relay system and gatekeeper for cerebrum
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thalamus
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covers the brain
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meninges
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coordinates voluntary muscles
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cerebellum
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maintains homeostatis of body
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hypothalamus
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controls activity of the pituitary gland
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hypothalamus
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Regulates vasoconstriction and blood pressure
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medulla oblongata
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measures carbondioxide levels of the blood
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medulla oblongata
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covers spinal cord
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meninges
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dicides how to respond to sensory data
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thalamus
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the conscious part of the brain
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cerebrum
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regulates breaathing
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medulla
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maintains muscle tone
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cerebellum
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Resting potential
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when a neuron is ready to conduct an impulse but not actually transmitting one
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Refactory period
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period when a neuron can not conduct an impulse
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interneurons
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carries impulse between afferent neurons
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can also be a motor neuron
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efferent neuron
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dendrite
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the end of a neuron that recives a signal
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Schwann Cell
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the cell that forms a covering on a peripheral nerve
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astrocytes
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form the blood brain barrier
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carries signals to the central nervous system
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afferent neuron
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is the phagocytic cell of the central nervous system
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microglia
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Myelin sheath
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the covering of the peripheral nerves
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carries impulse away from the central nervous system
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efferent neuron
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a neuron has only one of these
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axon
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this part can be a meter long
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axon
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the nucleus,Gogli, and mitochondria are found here
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cell body
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this end is usually extensivly branched
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axon
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carries impulse toward cell body
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afferent neuron
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carries impulse away from cell body
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efferent neuron
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when an impulse jumps between nodes of ranvier
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saltatory conduction
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special connective tissues of the nervous system
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neuroglia
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Nerve cells for impulse conduction
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neurons
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neuroglia cells that do phagocytosis
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microglia
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neuroglia that form part of the blood brain barrier
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astrocytes
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part of the neuron that contains the nucleus
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cell body
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part of the neuron that recives the stimuli
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dendrites
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part of the neuron that contains mitochondria
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cell body
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The fatty sheath produced by schwann cells
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myelin sheath
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a return to resting potential by a nerve
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repolarization
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are there more neurons or neurogla in the nervous system
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neuroglia
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what other system also functions for communication
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endocrine
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gap between dendrite and axon
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synaptic cleft
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the study of tissue is called
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histology
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the type of tissue that contains cells called neurons is
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nervous
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________ is not a type of connective tissue
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nervous
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which type of cartilage is the most durable
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fibrocartilage
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this type of gland secretes through the membrane
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merocrine
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skeletal muscles constitute approximately____% of body weight
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50
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Bundle of fine fibers that extend lengthwise along muscle fibers are called
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myofibrils
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the protein molecule that has heads jutting out for cross bridging is
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myosin
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skeletal muscles are innervated by
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somatic neurons
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which of the following muscle types is also called striated muscle
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skeletal
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