A&P FINAL Flashcards
Plane that divides body into SUPERIOR & INFERIOR portions
Transverse plane
Plane that divides body into LEFT & RIGHT portions
Sagittal plane
Planes that are parallel to long axis
- Sagittal
- Frontal/coronal
Plane that divides body into ANTERIOR & POSTERIOR portions
Frontal/coronal plane
Thoracic cavity contains (4)
1) Left pleural cavity (left lung)
2) Right pleural cavity (right lung)
3) Mediastinum (trachea, esophagus, & major vessels)
4) Pericardial cavity (heart)

Abdominopelvic cavity contains (3)
1) Peritonial cavity
2) Abdominal cavity (digestive glands & organs)
3) Pelvic cavity (urinary bladder, reproductive organs, & last portion of digestive tract)

Type of tissue that covers exposed surfaces, lines internal passageways and chambers, and forms glands
Epithelial tissue
- Epithelium with one layer of cells
- Epithelium with multiple layer of cells
-Simple epithelium (one layer)
-Stratified epithelium (multiple layers)

Simple cuboidal

Stratified cuboidal

Transitional epithelium

Transitional epithelium

Simple columnar

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

Stratified columnar
Layers of the epidermis from deepest to superficial
1) Stratum basal
2) Stratum spinosum
3) Stratum granulosum
4) Stratum lucidum
5) Stratum corneum
Which layer of epidermis is found in thick skin only
Stratum lucidum
Layer of epidermis that includes germ cells
Stratum basal
- Oil glands that secrete sebum (oily, lipid-rich secretion) into hair follicles
- Found everywhere except palms of the hands and soles of the feet
Sebaceous glands
- Found in axillary, pubic, anal, and facial region in men
- Secrete product into hair follicles
- Produces foul odor
- Active at puberty
Apocrine sweat glands
- Prominent in palms, soles, and forehead
- Merocrine sweat is a dilute watery solution
- Secrete product directly onto surface of skin
Merocrine sweat glands
- Found in ear
- Secretes earwax called cerumen
Ceruminous glands
Function of osteoblasts
- produce new bone matrix during ossification
- synthesize and secrete osteoid
Function of osteoclasts
-absorb and remove bone matrix




