Anatomy chapter 6 Flashcards
Absorption
The transport of fully digested food into the circulatory system to feed the tissues and cells
Abductors
Muscles that draw a body parts such as a finger arm or tow away from the midline of the body or of any extremity in the hand abductors separate the fingers
Adductor a
Muscles that job body parts such as a finger arm or toe inward toward the median axis of the body or of an extremity in the hand adductors draw the fingers together
Adipose tissue
Specialized connective tissue you considered fat which gives smoothness and contour to the body and cushions and insulates the body
Adrenal glands
Glands that secrete about 30 steroid hormones and control metabolic process of the body including the fight or flight response
Anabolism
Constructive metabolism the process of building up larger molecules from smaller ones
Anatomy
The study of human body structure that can be seen with the naked eye and how the body parts are organized and the science of the structure of organisms or of their part
Angular artery
Artery that supplies blood to the side of the nose
Aorta
The body’s largest artery the arterial trunk that carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries through the body
Arteries
Thick walled muscular and flexible tubes that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the capillaries throughout the body
Arteriolar
Small arteries that deliver blood capillaries
Atrioventricular valves
Abbreviated ATV valves which are designed to prevent the blood from flowing back into the pumping chamber
Atrium
In walled upper chamber of the heart through which blood is pumped to the ventricles there is a right atrium and the left atrium
Auricularis anterior
Muscle in front of the ear that draws the ear forward
Auricularis posterior
Muscle behind the ear that draws that your backward
Agricularis superior
Muscle about the air that draws the ear upward
Auriculotemporal nerve
Nerve at the affects the external ear and skin above the temple up to the top of the scull
Autonomic nervous system
Abbreviated ANS the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary muscle regulates the action of the smooth muscles glands blood vessels and heart
Axon
The extension of a neuron through which impulses are sent away from the cell body to other neurons glands or muscles
Belly
Middle part of a muscle
Biceps
Muscle producing the contour of the front and inner side of the upper arm
Blood
Nutruitive fluid circulating through the circulatory system heart veins arteries and capillaries to supply oxygen and nutrients to cells and tissues and to remove carbon dioxide and waste from them
Blood vessels
Tube like structures that transport blood to and from the heart and to various tissues of the body include arteries arterioles capillaries venules and veins
Blood system
Also known as systems groups of bodily organs acting together to perform one or more functions of the human body is composed of 11 major systems