Final Exam Flashcards
Anatomical position
Body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forward, thumbs pointing away from body
Frontal plane
Front from back
Median plane
Side from side
Transverse plane
Top from bottom
Cranial cavity
Brain
Vertebral cavity
Spinal chord
Dorsal body cavity
Cranial and vertebral cavity
Thoracic cavity
Heart and lungs
Abdominal cavity
Contains digestive viscera
Pelvic cavity
Bladder, reproductive organs, rectum
Ventral body cavity
Abdominal, pelvic and thoracic cavity
Pleural cavity
Lungs
Pericardium cavity
Heart
Visceral
Attached to organ
Parietal
Attached to cavity
Peritoneum
Abdominal stuff
RUQ
Liver, gallbladder
LUQ
Stomach, spleen
RLQ
Cecum, appendix, R ureter, R ovary, R spermatic chord
LLQ
L ureter, L ovary, L spermatic chord
9 abdominal regions
R L hypochondriac, Epigastric
R L lumbar, umbilical
R L Iliac, Hypogastric
Epigastric
L liver lobe
R hypochondriac
R liver lobe
L hypochondriac
Spleen
Umbilical
Small intestine, transverse colon
R lumbar
Ascending colon
L lumbar
Descending colon
Hypogastric
Bladder, appendix
R iliac
Cecum, appendix
L iliac
Sigmoid colon
Other cavities
Nasal, oral, middle ear, orbital, synovial
Integumentary
Skin hair nails - external body covering, synthesizes vitamin D, regulates temp, excretes salt and urea
Skeletal
Bones and joints - protects and supports body, bones are the site for blood cell formation
Muscular system
Skeletal muscles - allows locomotion, facial expression, produces heat
Nervous
Spinal chord, nerves, brain, sensory receptors - body control system
Endocrine
Adrenal, thyroid, pineal and pituitary glands and pancreas, thymus, ovary, testies - secretes hormones
Cardiovascular
Heart and blood vessels - transports and pumps blood
Lymphatic
Spleen, lymph nodes, thymus, red bone marrow - keeps body healthy and houses white blood cells
Respiratory
Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, lungs - keeps body supplies with oxygen and maintains acid base balance
Digestive
Oral cavity, esophagus, liver, stomach, intestines, rectus - breaks food down for nutrients, removes undigestible materials in form of feces
Urinary
Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra - eliminates nitrogenous waste from body
Nucleus
Control center
Ribosome
Protein factories
ER
Tubes and sacs continuous with nuclear envelope
Golgi apparatus
Modifies, packages and emits protiens
Lysosomes
Suicide sac
Peroxisome
Detox sac