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*Anatomy - General Flashcards

1
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Word for when patient is lying on their tummy flat?

A

Prone

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2
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Plane which cuts you vertically (one arm and leg in each halve)?

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Sagittal plane (longitudinal)

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Plane that slices you into anterior and posterior parts?

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Coronal plane (frontal)

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4
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Plane which cuts you horizontally?

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Axial (transverse) plane

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5
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Other name for inferior?

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Caudal

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6
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Name for anterior and posterior surface of wrist?

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Anterior = volar
Posterior = dorsal
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7
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Name for anterior and posterior surface of hand?

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A = palmar
P = dorsal
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Name for anterior and posterior surface of tongue?

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A (top) = dorsal

P = ventral

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9
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Name for superior and inferior surface of foot?

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S = dorsal
I = Plantar
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10
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What is the word used to describe a single structure located at the median plane?

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Midline

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11
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What is the name of a sagittal plane taken right in the midline?

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Median (median sagittal) plane - paramedic if exactly parallel to the median plane

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12
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Opposite of ipsilateral?

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Contralateral (structures lie on opposite sides of the body)

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13
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What is the name for decreasing the angle between the bones at a joint? Opposite?

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Flexion

Extension

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14
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What is the name for movement away from the median plane? Opposite?

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Abduction

Adduction

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What is the name when the anterior surface of a limb rotates towards the median plane? Opposite (each has 2 names)

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Internal/ medial rotation

External/ lateral rotation

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16
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What is the name for a circular motion at a joint?

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Circumduction

17
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What is the name for when the sole of the foot rotates away from the median plane?
Opposite?

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Eversion

Inversion

18
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What s the name for flexion at the ankle joint (as if walking up a hill)? Opposite?

A

Dorsiflexion

Plantar flexion

19
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What is the name when the anterior surface of the forearm rotates such that the palm of the hand faces posteriorly? Opposite?
Name for position of forearm when midway between the supine and prone positions?

A

Pronation
Supination
Semi-prone

20
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Name for when thumb and pinky come together?

Opposite?

A

Opposition

Reposition

21
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Name for when you spread your fingers out and opposite?

A

Abduction

Adduction

22
Q

2 phrases that can be used to describe wiggling 3rd digit at the metacarpopharyngeal joint?

A

Lateral abduction

Medial abduction

23
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Taking the thumb anteriorly away from the palm name?

Opposite?

A

Abduction

Adduction

24
Q

Name for taking the thumb laterally away from, and in the corneal plane of, the palm?
Oppsoite

A

Extension

Flexion

25
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Name for superior and inferior movement of the shoulders?

A

Elevation

Depression

26
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Name for anterior movement and posterior movement of lower jaw?

A

Protrusion

Retrusion

27
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Name for anterior movement and posterior movement of shoulder?

A

Protraciton

Retraction

28
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What is the system that consists of the skin, nails, hair and exocrine glands and protects the body from various types of damage?

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Integumentary system

29
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What are the 4 basic tissue types?

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Muscle
Epithelia (covers the external surface of the body and lines hollow structures)
Nerves
Connective tissue

30
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What is an organ?

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A group of tissues acting together to perform a specific function(s)

31
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What are systems?

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Collections of organs that have related functions and work together to carry out a common “goal”

32
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What is the major lymphatic vessel which return lymph to large veins in the root of the neck?

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Thoracic duct

33
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What do CO2 and water combine to form?

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Carbonic acid

Lactic acid is produce by muscles during heavy exercise

34
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What systems of the body excrete waste products?

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Respiratory
Renal
GI (cellular debris, ingestible foodstuffs, bacteria, commensals and pathogen, ingested drugs)
Lymphatics

35
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What is the first line of protection against the external environment?

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The skin (integumentary system)

36
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What 2 systems of the body regulate its processes?

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Nervous system (quick) and endocrine system (slow)

37
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What body system are the ovaries, testis and pancreas all part of?

A

Endocrine system (secrete hormones into capillary blood)

Study Notes - Principles (39 decks)

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