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Intro Review Flashcards

1
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Sagital Plane

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Splits the body into left and right

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Coronal Plane

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splits the body into posterior and anterior portions

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3
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Transverse Plane

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splits the body into superior and inferior portions

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4
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What is another name for the coronal plane?

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Frontal

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5
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What is another name for the transverse plane?

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Horizontal

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6
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What are the 4 tissue types?

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Epithelial, connective, nerve, muscle

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7
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What are the three muscle types

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Cardiac, smooth, & skeleton

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8
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What is the difference between grey matter and white matter?

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Grey matter consists of all the cell bodies
White matter consists of all the nerve fibers

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9
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What are the supporting cells of the nervous system?

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Schwann, glial, myelin

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10
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Condyle

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rounded articular area

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11
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Crest

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ridge of bone

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12
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Epicondyle

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eminence superior to a condyle

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13
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Facet

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smooth flat area, where a bone articulates another bone

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14
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Foramen

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passage through a bone

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15
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Fossa

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hollow/depressed area

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16
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Groove

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elongated depression

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17
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Line

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linear elevation

18
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Malleolus

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rounded process

19
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Notch

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indentation at the edge of the bone

20
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Protuberance

A

projection of bone

21
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Spine

A

thorn like process

22
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Spinous Process

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spine like projection (process)

23
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Trochanter

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large blunt elevation

24
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Tuberosity

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large rounded elevation

25
Q

What is another name for the fibrous joint?

A

Synarthosis

26
Q

What is another name for the cartilaginous joint?

A

amphiathroses

27
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What is another name for a synovial joint?

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diathrosis

28
Q

What type of joint allows for one bone to glide over the other

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Gliding/Plane

29
Q

What type of joint behaves like a hinge on a door?

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Hinge

30
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What type of joint allows for uniaxial rotation?

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Pivot

31
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What type of joint allows for movement in all planes of motion?

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Ball and Socket

32
Q

How many bones does the human vertebra have?

A

33

33
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How many cervical bones are there?

A

7

34
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How many thoracic bones are there?

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12

35
Q

How many lumbar bones are there?

A

5

36
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How many bones make up the sacrum?

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5

37
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How many bones make up the coccyx?

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4

38
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What is lumbarization?

A

When S1 does not fuse properly to the sacrum, instead looking like a lumbar vertebrae

39
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What is sacralization?

A

When L12 fuses to the sacrum. appearing as if a lumbar vertebra is missing

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Human Anatomy (6 decks)

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