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29 Cards in this Set
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Coronal Plane |
Plane cutting from top of head to the bottom |
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Sagittal Plane |
plane separating body from left to right |
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Transverse (horizontal) plane |
plane going middle of body, cutting top and bottom portion |
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Rostral |
top of head |
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caudal |
pointing towards bottom (tail) |
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proximal |
situated towards center of body or close to origin |
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distal |
situated away from center of body |
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medial |
going to the center of the body |
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lateral |
going outwards from middle of body |
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ventral |
pertaining to the front or belly |
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dorsal |
pertaining to the back |
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anterior |
from a side view of body, chest, going out |
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posterior |
from side view of body going towards chest |
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matrix |
intercellular material; defining property that holds connective tissues |
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Epithelial (skin) |
cover surfaces and forms selective barriers. Acts as barrier against hostile agents (infectious organisms). Prevents dehydration |
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Cubodial |
cube shaped; secretory functions in some glands like thyroid |
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Squamous (pavement) |
single layer of flat cells. lining of blood vessels, heart, alveoli, lymphatic vessels |
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Columnar |
single layer, lining of stomach and intestines |
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4 tissue of body |
Epithelial- covers surface/ form selective barrier muscles- production of mechanical forces to produce movement connective tissues- connecting, anchoring, supporting structures of body nerve- initiation & conduction of electromatic information |
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Axial |
trunk & head trunk- abdominal and thoracic regions |
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Appendicular |
upper and lower extremities |
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5 characteristics of a cell |
Irritability
growth spontaneous movement metabolism reproduction |
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Synarthrodial |
no mobility, fibrous joints; sutures, syndesmosis, gomphosis |
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Amphiarthrodial |
little mobility, rib cage aka cartilaginous |
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Diarthrodial |
high mobility, ex atlas and axis aka synovial |
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Cardiac |
forms walls of heart and responsible for pumping blood |
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Smooth (involuntary) |
includes muscular tissues of the digestive tract and blood vessels, controlling their size and shape |
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Striated (skeletal/voluntary) |
contraction results in body movement, most relevant to speech |
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Functions of the Nervous system |
receives information from the environment, transforms these stimuli into nervous excitations (action potentials) |
