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Chapter 1-Organization Of Human Body Flashcards

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  • keeps body in normal range

- most common in body

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Negative feedback

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Normal range or value

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Set point

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Detects and sends info to control center?

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Receptor

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Establishes set point(average)

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Control center

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Can change the value of the variable?

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Effector

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Deviation from the set point(average) detected by receptor

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Stimulus

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Produced by the effector

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Response

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  • Response is to make deviation when it occurs
  • unusual in healthy ppl
  • leads AWAY from homeostasis
  • can result in death
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Lying facing upward (palm pointing up)

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Supine

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Lying face downward (palm facing down)

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Prone

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Toward

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Superior (Cephalic)

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Away

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Inferior(Cuadal)

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To the left (limbs only)

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Proximal

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To the right of (limbs only)

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Distal

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Toward or on surface

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Superficial

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Front, forward

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Anterior (Ventral)

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Back

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Posterior (Dorsal)

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Away from midline (middle) of body

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Lateral

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Toward the midline (middle) of body

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Medial

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Away from surface, internal

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Deep

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Frontal

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Forehead

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Orbital

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Eye

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Nasal

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Nose

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Oral

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Mouth

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Cervical

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Neck

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Pectoral

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Chest

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Sternal

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Breastbone

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Mammary

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Breast

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Abdominal

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Abdomen

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Umbilical

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Navel

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Pelvic

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Pelvis

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Inguinal

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Groin

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Pubic

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Genital

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Otic

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Baccalaureate

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Mental

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Clavicular

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Collarbone

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Axillary

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Brachial

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Antecubital

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Front of elbow

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Antebrachial

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Carpal

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Palmar

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Digital

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Fingers/Toes

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Manual

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Coxal

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Femoral

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Patellar

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Crural

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Talus

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Dorsum

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Top of foot

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Pedal

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Occipital

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Base of skull

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Nuchal

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Back of neck

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Scapular

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Shoulder blade

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Vertebral

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Spinal column

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Lumbar

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Sacral

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Between hips

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Gluteal

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Perineal

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Dorsal

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Cranial

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Acromial

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Point of shoulder

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Olecranon

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Point of elbow

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Dorsum

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Back of hand

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Popliteal

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Hollow behind knee

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Sural

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Plantar

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Calcaneal

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Middle, through midline (parallel to sagittal)

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Parallel to median, to the left or right, same plane

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Divides body into anterior and posterior sections

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Frontal or Coronal

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  • Divides body into superior & inferior sections

- Cut at right angle of organ

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Transverse/Cross

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Cuts at any angle but right angle

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Cuts along length of organ

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Longitudinal

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Divides body cavity into thoracic & abdominopelvic cavities

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Contains all structures of the thoracic cavity except the lungs

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Mediastinum

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Covers organs of trunk cavities & line the cavity

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Serous membrane

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Inner ballon wall

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Visceral Serous Membrane

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Outer ballon wall

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Parietal Serous Membrane

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Pericardium

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Pleura

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Lungs and thoracic cavity

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Peritoneum

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Abdominopelvic cavity

Anatomy 1 (9 decks)

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