Anatomy Flashcards by Jordan Turner

Front

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Posterior

Back

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Proximal

Closest to

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Distal

Furthest from

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Superior

Toward head

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Inferior

Toward the feet

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Sagittal plane (lateral)

Sides of body (right and left side )

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Transverse plane

Split in half supper and lower parts

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Lateral

Away from the midline of body

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Medial

Toward midline of body

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Intermediate

Something is between two structures

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Serous membranes only secrete serous fluid true or false

True

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Membrane that lines body cavities open to the exterior

Mucous membranes

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Have parietal and visceral layers

Serous membranes

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Where would you find a synovial membrane

Joint

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What change in aging skin accounts for wrinkles and cold intolerance in older adults

Loss of subcutaneous fat

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What cell type is most abundant in the epidermis

Keratinocytes

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Which layer of epidermis produces new epidermal cells?

Stratum basale

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Dandruff is from excess shedding of what skin layer?

Stratum corneum

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Which structures are responsible for fingerprints?

Dermal papillae

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What pigments contribute to skin color

Hemoglobin, carotene, melanin

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What is the source of vernix caseosa that covers the skin of the newborn baby

Sebaceous glands

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Which of the following glands secretions contain proteins and fatty acid.

Apocrine

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Not associated with the production of perspiration

Arrector pili

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What is not a component of sweat?

Sebum

Structure not associated with a hair?

Lunule

Growth region of nail

Matrix

Structure not associated with the nail?

Nail follicle

Rule for recognizing the signs of melanoma

ABCDE

Not a function of the muscular system

Blood cell formation

Not a criterion generally used in naming muscles

Method of attachment of the muscle to bone

Striated involuntary muscle tissue is classified as

Cardiac

Point of muscle attachment to an immovable or less moveable bone is the

Origin

Which movement is involved drawing a circle with a body part

Circumduction

What Neurotransmitter stimulates a skeletal muscle to contract?

Acetylcholine

Gap between the axon terminal and the target cell membrane

Synaptic cleft

What is the electrical current that travels down the muscle cell

Action potential

One neuron and all the skeletal muscles it stimulates is known as a

Motor unit

Skeletal muscle twitch differs from a titanic contraction in that

Twitch is brief and jerky while tetanic is continuous

Which of the following is an example of an isometric contraction

Pushing against an immovable wall

Isotonic exercise in which muscles increase in size and strength

Lifting weights

The condition of skeletal muscle fatigue can be best explained by?

Inability of the muscle to contract even if stimulated

The condition of skeletal muscle fatigue can be best explained by?

Inability of the muscle to contract even if stimulated

An inherited disease that causes muscles to degenerate and atrophy is known as

Muscular dystrophy

Which muscles are both inspiratory and expiratory

Rib cage muscles

Which muscles are the most important synergist to the diaphragm

External intercostals

During quiet breathing what's active and what's not active

Scalenes sternocleidomastoids

Which muscles are antagonists

Scaliness and internal intercostals

Which does not compress abdomen during forced exhalation

External intercostals

Main function of abdominal wall muscle group

Forced expiration

Which muscles have intercalated discs

Cardiac

Where are most long bones found in the body?

Limbs

What bone class do the ribs and skull bones fall into?

Flat

What type of bones are carpal?

Short

Shaft of along bone

Diaphysis

Name for end of a long bone?

Epiphysis

Function of yellow bone marrow

Storage site for fat

What bone markings form a joint?

Condyle

Functional/structural unit of the compact bone

Osteon

Importance of canaliculi

Transportation system

Passage ways connecting neighboring osteocytes in an osteon are

Canaliculi

Bones don't begin as bones what do they begin as?

Either membranes or cartilage

What would you expect to be prominent in osteoclasts

Lysosomes

What's important in maintaining properly high blood calcium levels

Parathyroid hormone

Part of the axial skeleton

Vertebral column, skull, bony thorax

Which skull bone forms the keystone of the face?

Maxilla

Bone pain in the external acoustic meatus involves the?

Temporal bone

Bone that does not articulate with the sphenoid is what?

Mandible

Which bones are connected by the sagittal suture

Parietal to parietal

Which is a region of the vertebral column?

Cervical, thoracic, lumbar

What group of bones forms the thoracic cage

Ribs, sternum, vertebrae

What bone forms the skeleton of the arm?

Humerus

Which bones of the upper limb have a styloid process

Radius and ulna

Which bones are part of the hip bone

Pubis, ilium ischium

Characteristic of the female bony pelvis

Wider inlet

What articulates with the femur

Pubis

What two bones form the skeleton of the leg

Tibia and fibula