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31 Cards in this Set
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Synonym for caudal
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inferior
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Synonym for cranial
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superior
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Synonym for ventral
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anterior
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Synonym for dorsal
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posterior
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What do proximal and distal designate?
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closeness to the center of the body; something proximal is closer to the center than something distal (the finger is distal to the wrist; the wrist is distal to the elbow)
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Synonym for mid-sagittal plane?
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median plane
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Any plane parallel to the mid-sagittal (median) plane is called what?
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sagittal plane
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Synonym for transverse plane?
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horizontal plane
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Synonym for coronal plane?
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frontal plane
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Synonym for integumentary system?
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skin (hair, nails, glands)
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What attaches muscle to bone?
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tendons
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What attaches bone to bone?
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ligaments
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Where is the carotid sinus located and what does it do?
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beginning of internal carotid artery, and contains baroreceptors monitoring blood pressure
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Where is are the carotid bodies located and what do they do?
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bifurcation of common carotid artery and contain chemoreceptors that monitor PO2, PCO2, and pH
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Which carotid artery (internal, external) branches off to supply the face?
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external carotid
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Which carotid artery (internal, external) branches only in the brain to supply it and its dura?
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internal carotid
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What are the 2 major components of the PNS?
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12 pairs of CNs, 31 pairs of spinal nerves
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What are the 3 major components of the CNS?
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brain, brainstem, gray matter of spinal cord
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What is an accumulation of nerve cell bodies outside of CNS?
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ganglion
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What is an accumulation of nerve cell bodies inside the CNS?
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nucleus
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Synonym for afferent
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sensory
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Synonym for efferent
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motor
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What refers to sensory function (modality) perceived from the body and transmitted to the spinal cord or brain
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General somatic afferent (GSA)
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What are 4 perceptions of GSA?
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pain, temperature, touch, proprioreception
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What is the sensory modality received from within the viscera and transmitted to brain or spinal cord (glands, organs, and membranes).
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General visceral afferent (GVA)
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What is a motor component that serves to provide innervation to all of the skeletal muscles of somatic origin from brain or spinal cord?
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General somatic efferent (GSE)
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What provides motor innervation to smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands from brain or spinal cord?
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general visceral efferent (GVE)
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The senses of sight and hearing are transmitted by what sensory component?
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special somatic afferent (SSA)
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The senses of taste and smell are transmitted by what sensory fibers?
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special visceral afferent (SVA)
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What is the motor component to the “special” muscles (branchiomeric origin)?
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special visceral efferent (SVE)
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What component is for the glands, smooth muscles, and mucous membranes of the head?
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general visceral efferent (GVE)
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