Anatomy

Question 1

anterior surface of wrist is called

Answer 1

Volar

Question 2

anterior surface of hand is called

Answer 2

palmar

Question 3

inferior surface of tongue is called

Answer 3

ventral

Question 4

inferior surface of foot is called

Answer 4

plantar

Question 5

FLEXION (meaning) + dorsiflection/plantarflexion

Answer 5

decreasing the angle between Bones at a Joint

all anterior movements at joitns superior to the knee are flexions (neck, back, shoulder, elbow, wrist, fingers, hip)

Question 6

Extension (meaning)

Answer 6

Increasing the angle between Bones at a Joint

all anterior movement inferior too the knee joint are extensions(knee, ankle,toes)

Question 7

Abduction

Answer 7

(abduct someone, take away) movement AWAY from the median plane

Question 8

Adduction

Answer 8

(Add) movement TOWARDS the median plane

Question 9

circumduction

Answer 9

ciruclar motion at a joint

Question 10

pronation

Answer 10

anterior surfaceof the foraem rotates such that the palm of the hand faces posteriorly

Question 11

supination

Answer 11

forarm rotates form the pronated position back into the anatomical position

Question 12

protraction

Answer 12

anterior movement of shoulder (forward)

Question 13

retraction

Answer 13

posterior movements of shoulder (squeezing the shoulder blades together)

Question 14

synovial fluid

Question 15

anastomoses etymology

Answer 15

surgical connection between two structures. It usually means a connection that is created between tubular structures, such as blood vessels or loops of intestine.

Question 16

periarticular arterial plexus

Answer 16

The articular and epiphyseal branches given off by the neighboring arteries form a periarticular arterial plexus. Exchange of gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) and nutrients is achieved, albeit slowly, via diffusion or more efficiently during exercise via convection

Question 17

syndesmosis

Answer 17

fibrous joint

Question 18

interosseous membrane

Answer 18

Between the Radius and Ulna (Forearm):
Between the Tibia and Fibula (Leg):

fibrous connective tissues conencting the shafts of 2 long bones, helping to keep them in place while allowing some movement

Question 19

joint that has generally limited mobility

Answer 19

fibrous joint

Question 20

examples of fibrous joints

Answer 20

Sutures - immovable(synarhtrotic)
Syndesmoses
Fontanelles

Question 21

Hilum/ Hila

Answer 21

a depression/fissure where strcutures such as blood vessels and nerves enter an organ

Hilum of kidney, admits the renal artery, vein, ureter, and nerves
Splenic hilum, on the surface of the spleen, admits the splenic artery, vein, lymph vessels, and nerves
Hilum of lung, a triangular depression where the structures which form the root of the lung enter and leave the viscus
Hilum of lymph node, the portion of a lymph node where the efferent vessels exit
Hilus of dentate gyrus, part of hippocampus that contains the mossy cells.

Question 22

subclavian vein

Answer 22

deep vein that moves deoxygenated blood from your upper body back to your heart. you have one on each side of your body. Right subclavian vein and left subclavian vein