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The body planes are imaginary lines used for reference they include the?

Median plane, Coronal plane, and Transverse plane

A section is a?

Real or imaginary cut made along a plane.

Midsagittal also known

Midline

A cut along the coronal plane is a?

Frontal section

A cut through the transverse plane is a?

Cross-section

The body is erect, the feet are slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing forward, what position is it?

Anatomic position

Superior

Above

Inferior

Below

Posterior

Toward the back

Medial

Toward the midline

Lateral

Means to the side.

Proximal and distal

Terms of direction usually used in reference to limbs.

Proximal means?

Closer to the point of attachment.

Distal means?

To further away from the point of attachment .

Major body cavities are?

Divided into dorsal cavity

Dorsal cavities includes?

Cranial and spinal cavities.

Ventral cavity includes?

The orbits, nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities.

Ventral means?

Is to the front

Dorsal means?

Is to the back

Superficial is?

Near the surface

Deep means?

To the core of the body

Cross section cuts the body organs into?

Anterior and posterior parts

Midsagittal

If the body is divided directly down the middle

Sagittal

One that divides the structure into left and right parts

Horizontal cut is known?

Transverse section or cross section

A cut that divides the body or organ in to anterior or posterior parts is?

Coronal section or frontal section

A cut that divides the structure into left and right parts is a?

Sagittal section

Reserved for dividing the body into a equal left and right parts?

Midsagittal

The body is divided directly down the middle?

Midsagittal

Individual atoms are grouped into larger structure cells called?

Molecules

Smallest organizational unit?

Atoms

Hierarchy of the body?

Organism, organ system, cells, tissue, organelle, molecule, and atoms

LUQ

Left upper quadrant

RUQ

Right upper quadrant

LLQ

Left lower quadrant

RLQ

Right lower quadrant

Histology

Is the study of tissues

Histology is the study of

Tissue

A tissue is a group of?

cells that act together to perform specific functions.

The four fundamental tissues are?

Epithelial,connective, muscle, and nerve tissues

Epithelial cells?

Cover, line, and protect the body and its internal organs.

Connective tissue is?

The framework of the body, providing support and structure for the organs.

Nerve tissue is composed of?

neurons and connective tissue cells that are referred to as neuroglia.

Muscle tissue have the ability to?

Contract or shorten

Muscle tissue is classified as?

Voluntary muscle or involuntary muscle

Involuntary muscle is?

Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle tissue.

Cell is basic unit of?

Life and the building block of tissues and organs.

Within the cell?

Each organelle has a specific function.

The nucleus, which contains DNA, and ribosomes are?

Especially important in the synthesis of proteins.

Proteins include the enzymes that?

Regulate all chemical reactions within the body.

Mitosis is necessary for?

Growth and repair.

In this process, the DNA is duplicated and distributed?

Evenly to two daughter cells.

Meiosis is the special cell division that takes place in the gonads, that is, the?

Ovaries and testes.

Gonads are?

Ovaries and testes

In the process of meiosis the chromosome number is?

Reduce fron 46 to 23, so when the egg and the sperm unite in fertilization the zygote will the correct number of chromosomes.

The skin is the largest organ of?

The body

The skin consists of two layers

Epidermis and dermis

Epidermis is?

The outermost protective layer of dead keratinized epithelial cells.

Dermis is?

The underlying layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and associated skin structures.

The dermis rests on the subcutaneous tissue that?

Connects the skin to superficial muscles.

The outer layer of the epidermis

Stratum corneum


stratum lucidum


stratum granulosum

The inner layer of the epidermis

Stratum germinativum


Stratum basale


Stratum spinosum

Stratum basale and stratum spinosum is ?

Where mitosis occurs

Epidermal cells contain the protein pigment called?

Melanin

Melanin

Protects against radiation from the sun

The inner layer of the skin is

Dermis

Dermis is composed of?

Fibrous connective tissue with blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and glands.

Eccrine sweat gland

Regulate body temperature

The most widely distributed sweat glands regulate?

Body temperature by releasing a watery secretion from the surface of the skin.

Apocrine secretion sweat glands?

Mainly in the armpits and groin area.

Apocrine secretion contains?

Bits of cytoplasm from the secreting cells.

Apocrine cell debris attracts?

Bacteria

The presence of the bacteria on the skin results in?

Body odor

What is the Sebaceous glands function?

Release an oily secretion (sebum) through the hair follicles that lubricates the skin and prevents drying.

Oil is produced by?

Holocrine secretion

Whole cells of the gland are?

Part of secretion

The glands are?

Susceptible to becoming clogged and attracting bacteria. Mainly during adolescence.

The appendages of the skin include?

Hair and nails

Hair, nails, and skin may show?

Changes in disease that may be used in the diagnosis of clinical conditions

The body framework consists of?

Bone, cartilage, ligaments, and joints

Functions of the skeletal system include?

Support, movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification, provision for muscle attachment, and mineral storage

Hemopoiesis

Blood cell formation

Detoxification

Removal of poisons

Mineral storage is made of?

Calcium and phosphorus

Individual bones are classified by shape?

Long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, and sesamoid bones

A typical long bone has an?

Irregular epiphysis at each end, composed of mainly spongy bone, and a shaft or diaphysis, composed of mainly of compact bone.

Cancellous

Spongy bone

The cells that form compact bone are called?

Osteoblasts

The cells that form compact bone are called osteoblasts; when they become?

Fixed in dense bone matrix, they stop dividing but continue to maintain bone tissue as osteocytes.

Dense bone matrix maintain bone tissue called?

Osteocytes

Axial skeleton consists of

28 bones of the skull

Axial skeleton is separated into?

14 facial bones and the 14 bones of cranium

Facial bones

Two nasal bones, two maxillary bones , two zygomatic bones, one mandible, one vomer, two lacrimal bones, two palatine bones, two inferior nasal conchae

The only movable bone of the skull?

Mandible

The bones of the cranium

Single occipital

Bone of the cranium

Frontal

Bone of the cranium

Ethmoid

Bone of the cranium

Sphenoid

Bone of the cranium

Paired parietal

Bone of the cranium

Temporal

Bone of the cranium

Ossicles of the ear (malleus, incus, and stapes).

The axial skeleton also has 33 bones of?

The vertebral column

How many cervical vertebrae?

7

How many thoraic vetebrae?

12

How many lumbar vertebrae?

5

How many sacral vetebrae?

5

Sacral vetebrae fused to form the?

Sacrum

Coccygeal vertebrae known as the?

Tailbone

The final portion of the axial consists of the bones of?

The thorax, the sternum, and 12 pairs of the ribs

Appendicular skeleton includes?

The girdles and the limbs.

Appendicular skeleton upper portion consists of?

The pectoral or shoulder girdle, the clavicle and scapula, and upper extremity.

Appendicular skeleton bones of the arm are?

Humerus, the radius and ulna, the carpals, metacarpals, and the phalanges.

Wrist bone

Carpals

Bones on the hands?

Metacarpals

Bones of the fingers

Phalanges

Appendicular skeleton lower portion is made up of the?

Pelvic girdlet or os coxae

Os coxae consists of a fused?

Ilium, ischium, and pubis

Appendicular skeleton lower extremity include?

The femur, the tibia and fibula, the tarsals, the metatarsals, and phalanges.

Ankle bones

Tarsals

Bones of the foot

Metatarsals

Thigh bone

Femur

Transverse plane also known as?

Horizontal plane

Ventral

Anterior

Dorsal

Posterior

Horizontal plane divides the body into?

Upper (superior) and lower (inferior) portions

Voluntary muscle is?

Skeletal muscles

Sagittal plane divides the body into

Unequal left and right portions