Anatomy Terms

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What is the study of the structure of an organism?

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Anatomy

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What is the study of the function of a living organism and its part?

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Physiology

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Relates to the individual parts of the body functional systems

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descriptive anatomy

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Relates to the changes in structures as they relate to disease

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Pathological anatomy

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Refers to the visibility of structures under study

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Gross/Microscopic anatomy

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Studies of the growth and development of organism

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Developmental anatomy

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Cytology

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study of cells

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histology

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study of tissues

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muslce form and function

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myology

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bone form and function

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osteology

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Nervous System

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Neurology

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Away from the backbone or towards the front of the body

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Ventral

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Toward the backbone or away from the front of the body

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dorsal

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Toward the head

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Rostal

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Away from the centerq

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peripheral

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Away from the surface

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deep

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toward the outer surface

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external

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toward the inner surface

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internal

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Away from the body or the root of the free extermity

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distal

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Towards the midline or axis

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medial

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upper

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superior

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lower

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inferior

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Toward the body or toward the root of free proximty

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proximal

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Away from the midline or axis

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lateral

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being on the belly

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prone

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being on the back

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supine

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Divides the body into right and left halves

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sagital plane

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Divides body into front and back

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coronal plane

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divides body into upper and lower halves

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transverse plane

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Refers to bending at the joint towards the ventral surface

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flexion

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The act of pulling two ends further apart

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extension

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arching, as in arching the back

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hyperextension/dorsiflexion

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Lines the surface of our body and the cavities

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epitheilum tissue

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Combines or holds structures together

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connective tissue

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capable of contraction when stimulated

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muscular tissue

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Specialized to transmit information

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neural tissue

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Epithelium Shape

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columnar
squamos
Cubodial

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Number of cell layers

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simple
stratified

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Adipose tissue

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fat tissue

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Has important properties of strength and elasticity

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cartliage

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smooth and glassy and blueish appearance

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hyaline cartliage

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Contains collagenous fibers

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fibro-cartliage

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Three types of muscle tissue

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Striated
smooth
cardiac

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Dense, fibrous connective tissue responsible for organizing muscle fibers into functional groups

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fascia

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Join bone to bone , bone to cartliage, cartliage to cartliage

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ligaments

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Tough, non elastic cords. Attaches muscle to bone

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tendons

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joints highly mobile

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diathrodial (synovial)

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joints permit limited mobility

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amphiarthrodial (cartliagninous)

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joints immobile

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synarthrodial (fibrous)

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Point of attachment with the least movement

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Origin

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Point of attachment of relative movement

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Course

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muscles that move a structure

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agonists

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muscles that oppose movement

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antagonists

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muscles that stabalize structures

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synergists

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What consits of one efferent nerve fiber and the nerve fiber it innervates?

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Motor Unit