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Anatomy Terms Flashcards

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What is gross anatomy?

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Structure of bone. Covers what the eyes can see. It determine function.

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What is systemic anatomy?

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Covers what a microscope can see. It helps understand the nature of the tissues by providing greater insight.

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What does physiology ask?

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It gives us basic function by asking how things work.

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What is kinesiology?

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Understanding how the system moves.

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What is homeostasis?

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Maintaining a balance that is stable.

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What is the axial skeleton?

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The part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head & trunk of the vertebrae.

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What is the appendicular skeleton?

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The part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the appendages.

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What is superior?

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upper, or towards the head of the body

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What is inferior?

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lower, or away from the head of the body

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What is anterior?

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in front of

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What is posterior?

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behind; in back of

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What is medial?

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towards the midline of the body

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What is lateral?

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away from the midline of the body

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14
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What is proximal?

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moving towards the axial skeleton

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What is distal?

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moving away from the axial skeleton

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16
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Where are the hands in anatomical position?

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hands by side with palms facing forward

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Where are the hands in fundamental position?

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hands by side with palms facing the body

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What are connective tissues?

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Tissues that fill space, provide structural support, and transports & stores energy.

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19
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Which skeleton is the shoulder girdle & scapula part of?

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the appendicular skeleton

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20
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Which skeleton is the ribcage and sternum a part of?

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the axial skeleton

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21
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Which skeleton is the pelvis a part of?

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the appendicular skeleton

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What is a superficial layer?

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not deep; surface level

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What is a deep layer?

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not surface level; within the body

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24
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What is flexion?

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reducing the angle of a joint

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What is extension?

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increasing the angle of a joint

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What are extensors?

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muscles that create extension

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What is abduction?

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moving out away from midline

28
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What is adduction?

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drawing towards midline

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What is medial rotation?

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moving towards the midline of the body

30
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What is lateral rotation?

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moving outward from the center

31
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What does the sagittal plane separate?

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the right/left sides of the body

32
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What does the frontal plane separate?

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the front/back sides of the body

33
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What does the transverse plane separate?

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the top/bottom portions of the body

34
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In what way do we move within the transverse plan?

A

in rotational movement

35
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What is pronation?

A

turning hands down

36
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What is supination?

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turning hands up

37
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What is is called when the scapula lift up?

A

elevation

38
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What is it called when the scapula move down?

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depression

39
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What is it called when we squeeze the shoulder blades together?

A

retraction

40
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What is it called when we move the shoulder blades away from each other?

A

protraction

41
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What is proprioception?

A

self awareness of the body’s position and movement

42
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What is a muscle origin point?

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where the muscle originates on more stable bone

43
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What is a muscle insertion point?

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where the muscles attaches on more moveable bone

44
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What is an agonist?

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the muscle that is doing most of the work during movement

45
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What is an antagonist?

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the muscle in a pairing that is not working

46
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What is synergist?

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muscles that stabilize a joint with movement

47
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What is isometric contraction?

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no movement at all with static muscular engagement

48
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What is concentric contraction?

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movement that happens when the muscle is becoming shorter

49
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What is eccentric contraction?

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movement that happens when muscles is being released/lengthened

50
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What is stretch reflex?

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when nerves step in to stop movement; continuing to stretch without the nerves causes muscles tear

51
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What is counter nutation?

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tailbone going under and the top of the sacrum going back

52
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What is nutation?

A

tailbones moves back

53
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What is dorsiflexion?

A

flexing toes towards the face

54
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What is plantar flexion?

A

pointing the toes

55
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When the arms reach overhead, they are in what type of rotation?

A

external

56
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What is resultant force?

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as we send energy down, energy rises through us and we grow, reflecting Issac Newton’s law of physics that says every action has an equal & opposite reaction

57
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What is interoception?

A

the ability to be aware of internal sensations

58
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What is an open chain?

A

the limb is not grounded anywhere

59
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What is hypoextensive?

A

The limb/joint cannot be straightened; can be seen in elbows in downdog.

60
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What is reciprocal innervation?

A

muscles in antagonistic pairs

61
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What is reciprocal inhibition?

A

relaxing the muscle on one side of the joint to find contraction on the other side

300 YTT (8 decks)

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