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Skeletal System
1. supports and protects the body
2. Provides surface are for muscle attachments
3. Assists in body movements
4. Bone cells store and create blood cells
Articular System
Composed of the joints of the body
Reproductive System
1. Produce reproductive cells (sperm and ova)
2. Release of regulatory hormones
3. Transportation and storage of reproductive cells
Urinary System
Produce, store and eliminate urine (waste)
2. Regulates volume and chemical composition of blood
3. Regulates fluid and electrolyte balance
Muscular System
1. Produces Movement
2. Maintain Posture
3. Production of heat
Nervous System
1. Regulates body activities (nerve impulses)
2. Detects changes in int/ext environment (interprets)
3. Muscle Contraction and glandular secretions
4. Most important system for sustaining life
Digestive System
1. achieves physical and chemical breakdown of food
2. Absorbs nutrients
3. Eliminates solid wastes
Endocrine System
1. Regulates body activities through hormones
2. Transports chemicals in the blood to various target organs of the body
Respiratory System
1. Transfers oxygen from inhaled air to the blood
2. Transfers carbon dioxide from blood to exhaled air
3. Regulates acid -base balance of body fluids
4. Air flowing out of lungs through vocal cords produces sou
Cardiovascular System
1. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to cells
2. Carries carbon dioxide and wastes from cells
3. Regulates acid - base balance, temperature, and water content of body fluids
4. Help defend against disease and mend damaged blood vessels
Lymphatic System
1. Returns proteins and plasma to CV system
2. Carries lipids from GI tract to blood
3. Protect against disease-causing microbes
Integumentary System
1. Protects the body
2. Helps regulate body temperature
3. Eliminates some waste
4. Detects sensations such as touch, pain, warmth, and cold
Superior
Towards the head or upper part of structure
Inferior
Away from head or lower part of structure
Anterior
Nearer to the front of the body
Posterior
Nearer to back of the body
Medial
Nearer to the midline
Lateral
Farther from the midline
Proximal
Nearer to point of attachment of a limb to the trunk; nearer to origination of a structure
Distal
Farther from point of attachment of a limb to the trunk; farther from origination of a structure
Superficial
Toward or on surface of body
Deep
Away from surface of body
Ipsilateral
On the same side of body
Contralateral
On opposite side of body
Parietal
Pertaining to forming outer wall of body cavity
Visceral
Pertaining to covering of organ in ventral cavity
Sagittal Plane
-Midsagittal or median
-Divides into equal right and left sides
Frontal (coronal) Plane
Divides into anterior and posterior portions
Transverse Plane
-Cross-Sectional/horizontal
-Divides the body into superior and inferior portions
Flexion
making a decrease in angle
Extension
making an increase in angle
Abduction (ABD)
moving away from the midline of the body
Adduction (ADD)
moving towards the body
Medial (Internal) Rotation
anterior surface moves towards midline
Lateral (External) Rotation
Anterior surface moves away from the midline
Supination
Rotating hand/forearm laterally "hold the soup"
Pronation
Rotating hand/forearm medially "pour the soup"
Plantarflexion
point toes/foot downwards "stand on tip toes"
Dorsiflexion
point toes/foot upward "foot off the gas pedal"
Inversion
movement of sole of foot inward
Eversion
movement of sole of foot outward
Protraction
moving forward on plane parallel to ground "punch"
Retraction
moving backward on plane parallel to ground
Radial Flexion or Deviation (ABD)
move wrist outwards or away from midline of body (deviate towards the radius)
Ulnar flexion or deviation (ADD)
move wrist inwards or towards the midline of body (deviate towards the ulna)
Circumduction
combination of flexion/extension an abduction/adduction
Foramen
opening through which blood vessels, nerves or ligaments pass
motch
indentation at bone's edge
Meatus
Enters, but does not pass through structure
Fossa
shallow depression
Sulcus
furrow along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon
Condyle
large, round protuberance at the end of a bone
Facet
smooth flat articular surface
Facet
smooth flat articular surface
Head
rounded articular projection supported on the neck of the bone (i.e. head of the femur)
Crest
prominent ridge or elongated projection (i.e. iliac crest of hip bone)
Epicondyle
Projection above condyle (i.e. medial epicondyle of elbow)
Spinous Process
sharp, slender projection (i.e. greater trochanter of femur)
Tubercle
small rounded projection (i.e. greater tubercle of the humerous)
Tuberosity
large, rounded, usually roughened projection (i.e. ischial tuberosity)