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27 Cards in this Set
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Anatomical position |
Hands down palms out |
Standing |
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Supine position |
Laying on back palms up |
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Prone |
On stomach palms up |
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Lateral recumbent |
Recovery position on side |
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Thoracic cavity |
Chest cavity - diaphragm muscle that moves up and down during respiration |
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Abdominal cavity |
Contains organs of digestion excretion stomach intestines liver gulblatter spleen pancreas and kidneys. |
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Pelvic cavity |
Bonded to lower spine hip bones and pubis... contains blatter rectum and internal female reproductive system |
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Skeletal muscle or voluntary muscle |
Deliberate acts such as walking chewing long and round muscle found in extremities |
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Smooth muscle involuntary muscle |
Long fibers found in walls of organs ducts and blood vessels little or no control over this muscle |
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Cardiac muscle |
Found in walls of the Heart can stimulate itself to contract even when disconnected from the brain. |
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Carotid pulse point |
Felt on either side of the neck |
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Brachial pulse point |
Felt on the inside of the arm between the elbow and the shoulder |
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Radial pulse point |
Felt in the inside of the wrist |
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Femoral pulse point |
Felt in the groin in the crease between the abdomen and the thigh |
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Capillaries |
Are distributors and the smallest vestments through which the exchange of fluid oxygen and carbon dioxide take place |
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Central nervous system CNS |
Spine and brain.. |
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Autonomic nervous system ANS |
Involuntary moment such as how fast the Heart beats |
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Peripheral nervous system |
Carry information back on forth from the body to the spinal cord and brain |
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The epidermis |
Is the outer layer of skin.. gives skin it's colour |
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Dermis |
Second layer, contains a vast network of blood vessels |
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Alimentary tract |
Food passageway |
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Urinary system |
Filters blood and excretes waste from the body |
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Urinary system consist of |
2 kidneys 2 ureters the urinary bladder and the urethra |
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Endocrine system |
Glands which regulate the body by secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream |
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Endocrine glands include |
The thyroid, parathyroid, adrenals, ovaries, testes, islets of langerhans, and pituitary |
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Male reproductive system consist of ? |
2 testes, a duct system , accessory glands, and the penis. |
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Female reproductive system consists of ? |
2 ovaries 2 fallopian tubes the uterus, vagina, external genitals |
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