Anatomical Terms Flashcards

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Refers to anything too small for the eyes

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Microscopic

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2
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Body position where the back is facing upward

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Prone Position

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3
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It refers to any fluid found outside of the cell

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Extracellular Fluid

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4
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What do you call the substances that aid in digestion?

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Cellular Secretions

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It is a jelly like substance composed of proteins and polysaccharides

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Extracellular Matrix

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6
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It refers to the upper arm of the body

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Brachial Region

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It typically is a 4-ring structure which stiffens the membrane as it decreases its water solubility

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Cholesterol

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8
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It is a function of the Ligand which signals the nervous system

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Neurotransmitters

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9
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It refers to the dip between the clavicle

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Sternal Knotch

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10
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What do you call the bone between the ribs?

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Sternum

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11
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It refers to the region around the ears

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Auricular Region

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12
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It is the inability of the body to maintain internal balance

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Homeostatic Imbalance

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13
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What do you call the failure of normal physical function?

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Disease

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14
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It is what you call when the body is divided diagonally horizontal

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Oblique Plane

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15
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It is the body position wherein the patient’s body is facing upward

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Supine Position

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16
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It refers to a person’s whole leg

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Lower Leg Region

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17
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It refers to the region that involves the sides of the umbilical cord

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Lumbar Region

18
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Refer to the back of the cheeks

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Buccal Region

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What do you call the upper part of the feet?

20
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It is found below the scapula

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Triangle of Auscultation

21
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It is the region where we find the wings of a person

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Scapular Region

22
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This term means that the body is examined structure by structure

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Systematic

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What do you call the study of internal structures as they relate to overlying skin surface?

24
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It refers to the structural change of a person form embryo to adulthood

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Developmental

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What you call the organelle that controls cellular activities?
Nucleus
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It is the substances that aid in digestion or acts as lubricants
Cellular Secretions
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It is a function of cell membrane that wherein its proteins interacts with specific chemical messengers and relay messages to the cell interior
Communication
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Type of passive transport wherein the diffusion happen either through (a) binding trough carrier proteins or (b) through water filled channel proteins
Facilitated Diffusion
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What do you call the ability of a solution to change the shapes of the cell by altering the cells; internal water volume
Tonicity
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Types of Passive Membrane Transport diffusion
Simple Diffusion, Facilitated Diffusion, Osmosis
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What is the range of a resting membrane potential?
- 50 - (-)90 mV
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It is a cotransport of two solutes across membrane, wherein the energy is supplied by the concentration gradient created by primary active transport
Secondary Active Transport
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Requires transport protein that combine specifically and reversibly with the transported substances, wherein it moves uphill, against a concentration gradient using energy
Active Transport
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It is characterized when plasma membrane sinks beneath an external fluid droplet containing small solutes where the membrane edges fuse, forming a fluid-filled vesicle
Pinocytosis
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It is a role of a plasma membrane receptor in which cells some together, touch and recognize one another which is useful in development and immunity
Contact Signaling
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In the absence of pathological states, the pH of the human body ranges _
between 7.35-7.45 with the average at 7.40
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It is an energy transferring molecule in cells and provides energy immediately useable by all body cells
ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate
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What do you all the anatomical region of the back of the knee?
Popliteal Fosa
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Ligands includes: (name and define)
1. neurotransmitters- signals from the nervous system 2. hormones- signals from the endocrine system 3. paracrines- chemicals that act locally and are rapidly destroyed
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System of organelles that work together mainly to produce 1) produce, degrade, store, and export biological material and 2)degrade potentially harmful substances
Endocrine Membrane System
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Name and describe cellular extensions
Cilia -whiplike, motile cellular extension Flagella - tail like, only sperm cells has it Microvilli- tiny finger like extensions