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61 Cards in this Set
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cephalon |
head |
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cranium |
skull |
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frons |
forehead |
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nasus |
nose |
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oculus |
eye |
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Auris |
ear (otic) |
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Bucca |
cheek (buccal) |
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Facies |
face (facial) |
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Oris |
mouth (oral) |
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mentis |
chin (mental) |
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Axilla |
armpit (axillary) |
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Brachium |
arm (brachial) |
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Antecubitis |
front of elbow (antecubital) |
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antebrachium |
forearm (antebrachial)
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carpus |
wrist (carpal) |
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palma |
palm (palmar) |
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pollex |
thumb |
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digits |
fingers (digital) or toes |
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patella |
kneecap |
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crus |
leg (crural) |
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tarsus |
ankle (tarsal) |
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hallux |
great toe |
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pes |
foot |
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shoulder |
acromial/shoulder |
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dorsum |
back (dorsal) |
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olecranon |
back of elbow (olecranal) |
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lumbus |
loin (lumbar) |
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gluteus |
buttock (gluteal) |
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popilteaus |
back of knee (popliteal) |
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sura |
calf (sural) |
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planta |
sole of foot |
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cervicis |
neck (cervical) |
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pineal gland |
control timing of reproduction and set day night rhythms |
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pituitary gland |
controls other edonocrine glands, regulates growth and fluid balance |
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thyroid gland |
controls tissue metabolic rate, regulates calcium levels |
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parathyroid glands |
regulate calcium levels with thryoid |
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thymus |
controls maturation of lymphocytes |
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suprarenal glands |
adjust water balance, tissue metabolism, cardiovascular and respiratory activity |
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kidneys |
control red blood cell production and elevate blood pressure |
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pancreas |
regulates blood glucose levels |
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gonads |
testes-support male sexual characteristics and reporoductive functions
ovaries- support female sexual characteristics and reporoductive functions |
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thymus |
controls development and maintenance of one class of lymphocytes (t cells) |
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pharynx |
conducts air to larynx, a chamber shared with the digestive tract. conducts solid food and liquids to esophagus, chamber shared with respiratory tract |
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larynx |
protects opening to trachea and contains vocal cords |
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trachea |
filters air, traps particles in mucus, conducts air to lungs, cartilages keep airway open
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lungs / Alveoli |
responsible for air movement during movement of ribs and diaphragm, include airways and alveoli.
Alveoli- blind pockets at the end of the smallest branches of the bronchioles, sites of gas exchange between air and blood |
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esophagus |
delivers food to stomach |
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small intestine |
secretes digestive enzymes, buggers,a nd hormones, absorbs nutrients |
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liver |
secretes bile, regulates nutrient composition of blood |
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gallbaldder |
stores and concentrates bile for release into small intestine |
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pancreas |
secretes digestive enzymens and buffers, contains endocrine cells |
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large intestine |
removes water from fecal material, stores wastes |
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testes and ovaries |
testes-produce sperm and hormones ovaries- produce oocytes and hormone |
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epididymis |
acts as site of sperm maturation |
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ductus deferens |
conducts sperm from the epididymis and merges with the duct of the seminal gland |
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seminal glands |
secret fluid that makes up much of the volume of semen |
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prostate gland |
secretes fluid and enzymens |
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urethra |
conducts semen to exterior |
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uterine tubes |
deliver oocyte or embryo to uterus, normal site of fertilization |
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uterus |
site of embryonic development and exchange between maternal and fetal bloodstream |
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vagina |
site of sperm deposition, acts as a birth canal during delivery, provides passageway for fluids during menstruation |
