Chapter 1 unit 1 Flashcards
Posterior
Toward the rear or back
Dorsal or Posterior
Towards the back
Anterior or ventral
Refers to the front surface
Lateral
Towards the side
Superior or Cranial
Above or towards the head (Further from the ground)
Inferior or Caudal
Below or towards the tail (end)
What is anatomy
The study of organism structure and the relations of their parts.
What are different types of anatomy?
Applied, systematic, developmental, pathological.
What is physiology?
The study of the function of the living organisms and their parts, as well as the chemical processes involved.
Cytology
The study of cells
Histology
The study of tissues
Osteology
The study of bones
Myology
The study of muscles
Arthrology
The study of joints
Angiology
The study of blood vessels
Neurology
The study of the nervous system
What is the thorax.
The chest region
What is the abdomen?
Bell or abdominal area
What is the truck?
Made up of the thorax and abdomen
What is the pelvis?
Area of the hipbones
What is the Caput?
The head
What are the two parts of the skull?
Cranial portion and facial portion
What is the upper extremity?
Arm, forearm, wrist, and hand
What is the lower extremity made up of?
Thigh, leg, ankle, foot
What is the anatomical position?
Body erect, palms and hands face forward.
What is the axial skeleton?
Head and trunk
What is that appendicular skeleton?
Lower and upper limbs
What is the coronal plane(or frontal)?
Divides body into front and back halves
What is the transverse plane?
Divides body into upper and lower portion (at about the belly button)
What is the sagittal plane?
Divides body into right and left halves. Side note: midsagittal sections are halves that are equal
Proximal
Nearer to a point of reference such as an origin, or point of attachment
Distal
Farther from a point of reference
Abduct
Away from the midline of the body
Adduct
Towards the midline of the body
Superficial
Towards the surface
Peripheral or deep
Away from the surface
Flexion/extension
Bending of the joint
What are the building blocks of anatomy?
Cells, tissues, organs, systems
What are cells?
The basic structural and functional units of all organisms
Tissues
When groups of cells combine or associate together to exhibit functional unity
What are organs?
Collections of tissues associated together for a particular function
What is a system?
When two or more organs combined or associate together for a particular function
What is protoplasm?
A semi fluid which appears as a clear substance or granular appearance
Highly organized mass of protoplasm
A cell
What are the five cell traits?
Irritable, growth, spontaneous movement, metabolism, reproduction
What are the two parts of protoplasm?
Nucleus and cytoplasm