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20 Cards in this Set
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Anatomic position |
When a person is standing erect, feet parellel,arms at the sides , and the eyes and palms facing forward. |
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Surpine |
When a patient is laying face up horizontally |
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Prone |
When a person is laying face down |
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Body planes |
A flat surface resulting from a real or imaginary cut through a body in anatomic position. |
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Frontal (coronal) |
Divides the body vertically into front and back |
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Midsaggital (medial) |
Dives the body vertically into left and right portions. |
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Saggital |
Divides the body horizontally into upper and lower portions |
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Ventral cavity |
Front of body Thoracic cavity Abdominal Pelvic cavity |
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Homeostasis |
Steady state. Standing the same. |
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Metabolism |
Is the sum of all physical and chemical reactions necessary to substain life |
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Catabolism |
The destructive process by which complex substances are broken down into simple substances. |
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Dorsal cavity |
Located in back of body Cranial: brain Spinal |
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Ventral (anterior) cavity |
Front of body Thoracic: heart and lungs Abdominal :stomachs liver gallbladder kidneys ext Pelvic : urinary bladder and reproductive organs |
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Anatabolism |
A constructive process by which the body converts simple compounds into complex substances |
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Skin layers |
Epidermis Dermis Subcutaneous |
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Muscular system |
Cardiac: wall of heart Skeletal: cells have bands and multiple nuclei Smooth body organs and in vessels |
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Hemopoiesis |
Calcium storage. The production of blood cells which occurs in bone marrow |
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Bone shape |
Flat: rib blones and most skulls Irregular: back bones and face bones Long leg and hands Short wrist and ankle |
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Nervous system structure |
Central nervous system Peripheral nervous system |
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Cerebrospinal |
The fluid that protects the brain and spinal cord |
