General Anatomy And Physiology

Front 1

abductor digiti minimi

Back 1

muscle that separates fingers and toes

Front 2

abductor hallucis

Back 2

muscle that moves the toes and helps maintain balance while walling and standing

Front 3

abductors

Back 3

muscles that draw s body part such as finger arm or toe away from the midline of the body or of an extremity

Front 4

adductors

Back 4

muscles that draw a body part such as finger arm toe inward the median axis of the body or if an extremity

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adipose tissue

Back 5

technical term for dat gives smoothness and contour to the body

Front 6

adrenal glands

Back 6

glands that the endocrine system that secrete about thirty steroid hormones and control metabolic processes of the body including the fight or flight response

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anabolism

Back 7

constructive metabolism the process of building up Leggett molecules from smaller ones

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anatomy

Back 8

study of the human body structures that can be seen with the naked eye and how the body parts are organized the science of the structure of organisms or if their parts

Front 9

angular artery

Back 9

branch if the facial artery that supplies blood to the side of the nose

Front 10

anterior auricular artery

Back 10

branch of the specifiers temporal artery that supplies blood to the front of the ear

Front 11

anterior tibial artery

Back 11

one of the popliteal arteries ( the other posterior tibial artery) that supplies blood to the lower leg muscles and skin on top of the foot and adjacent sides of the first and second toes. this artery continues to the foot where it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery

Front 12

aorta the largest artery in the body

Back 12

arteries thick walled muscular flexible tubes that carry oxygenated blood at from the heart to the arterioles

Front 13

arterioles

Back 13

small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries

Front 14

atrium

Back 14

upper thin walked chamber of the heart through which blood is pumped to the ventricles. the is a right atrium and a left atrium

Front 15

auricularis anterior

Back 15

muscle in front of the ear that draws the ear forward

Front 16

aurucularis posterior

Back 16

muscle behind the east that draw the ear backwards

Front 17

aurucularis superior

Back 17

muscle above the ear that draws the ear upward

Front 18

auriculotemporal nerve

Back 18

abbreviated ANS the past of the nervous system that controls the involuntary muscles. regulates the action if the smooth muscles glands blood vessels heat and breathing

Front 19

axon

Back 19

the extension of a neuron t through which impulses are sent at din the body to other neurons glands or muscles

Front 20

axon terminal

Back 20

the extension of a neuron through which impulses are sent away from the body to other neurons glands or muscles

Front 21

belly

Back 21

middle part of the muscle

Front 22

bicep

Back 22

muscle that produces the contour of the front and inner side of the upper arm. lifts the forearm and flexes the elbow

Front 23

blood

Back 23

nutritive fluid circulating through the circulatory system ( heart and blood vessels) to supply oxygen and nutrients to cells and tissues and to remove carbon dioxide and waste from them

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blood vessels

Back 24

tube like structures that include arteries arterioles capillaries venules and veins

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body systems

Back 25

also known as systems. groups of the body organs acting together to perform one or dB more functions. the human body is composed of 11 major systems

Front 26

brain

Back 26

part of the central nervous system contained in the cranium. largest and most complex nerve tissue and controls sensation muscles activity if glands and the pet to think sense and feel

Front 27

buccal nerve

Back 27

branch of the seventh cranial nerve that affects the muscles of the mouth

Front 28

buccinator muscle

Back 28

thin flat middle of the cheek between the upper and lower jaw that compresses the checks and expels air between the lips

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capillaries

Back 29

tiny thin walked blood vessels that connect the smaller arteries to tbe venules, capillaries bri g nutrients to the cells and carry away waste materials

Front 30

cardiac muscle

Back 30

the involuntary muscle that is the heart. this type of muscle is not found in any other part of the body

Front 31

carpus

Back 31

also known as wrist. Flexible jpint composed of a group of eight small irregular bones ( carpals) held together by ligaments