Mid Term Flashcards
A hole in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass
Foramen
A crack in the skin, slit or furrow
Fissure
A depression, hollow, or cavity on or in a bone
Fossa
Inflammation of the skin
Dermatitis
An open sore associated with disintegration and death of tissue
Ulcer
Connects muscle to bone
Tendon
Fluid filled sac or capsule
Cyst
Reddening of the skin due to dilation of the dermal blood vessels, in response to injury or inflammation
Erythema
Muscle pain
Myalgia
Muscle weakness
Myasthenia
Itching of the skin without eruptions
Pruritus
Gland found at the edges of eyelids
Ciliary
Raised surface lesion
Eruption
A term that refers to modified sweat glands that produce ear wax
Ceruminous
A protein that thickens the skin and makes up hair and nails
Keratin
Lateral curvature of the vertebrae
Scoliosis
Hunchback
Kyphosis
A projection on a bone for a muscle attachment
Process
An air space within a bone
Sinus
Decrease the angle between two bones
Flexion
Increase the angle between two bones
Extension
Bending toes upward toward the shin
Dorsiflexion
Pointing toes downward away from the shin
Plantarflexion
Excess lumbar curve
Lordosis
Study of muscles
Myology
Point of attachment that moves when muscle contracts
Insertion
Point of attachment that does not move when muscle contracts
Origin
Immovable joint
Synarthrosis
Slightly moveable joint
Amphiarthrosis
Freely moveable joint
Diarthrosis
Rod shaped bacteria
Bacilli
Spherical bacteria arranged in a chain
Streptococci
Round shaped bacteria arranged in a cluster
Staphylococci
Smallest known infectious agents that can only grow within living cells
Viruses
Disease caused by a pathogenic organism that can be easily transmitted to others
Communicable disease
An organism that is capable of producing disease in another organism
Pathogen
Study of disease
Pathology
A bacterium in the shape of a slightly curved rod
Vibrio
Moving a body part toward the midline
Adduction
Moving a body part away from the midline
Abduction
Yellowish discoloration can indicate presence of bile in blood as a result of liver or gallbladder disease
Jaundice
Any wound or local injury to the skin
Lesion
General term for any skin disease
Dematosis
Outer layer of the skin
Epidermis
“True skin” below the epidermis consisting of the papillary layer and reticular layer
Dermis
Condition of infestation of lice
Pediculosis
Pertaining to below the skin
Subcutaneous
A disease resulting from an infestation of mites
Scabies
A compound that stores oxygen in muscle cells
Myoglobin
Visceral muscle with no striations in internal organs, blood vessels and respiratory passageways
Smooth muscle
An ion needed for muscle contraction
Calcium
Voluntary striated muscle that attaches to bone
Skeletal
A compound that stores glucose in muscle cells
Glycogen
Connects bone to bone
Ligament
Main muscle that performs a movement
Prime mover
Lack of nourishment, the wasting of a muscle as from lack of use
Atrophy
Long narrow epithelial cell
Columnar
Another name for Osseous tissue
Bone
Fat tissue
Adipose tissue
Flat irregular epithelial cells
Squamous
Cells in many layers
Stratified
Tissue that encloses the heart
Pericardium
Fibrous connective tissue found around bones
Periosteum
Largest serous membrane in the body
Peritoneum
Muscle that counters the action of another muscle
Antagonist
“Powerhouse” of the cell where ATP is synthesized
Mitochondria
DNA found here, control cell
Nucleus
The trapping of bacteria by specialized white blood cells “cell eating”
Phagocytosis
All reactions occurring in the body
Metabolism
The steady state of equilibrium existing in the body
Homeostasis
Body lying face up palms forward thumbs pointed outward
Anatomical position
More toward the head
Superior
Farther from the head (caudal)
Inferior
More toward the front of the body (ventral)
Anterior
More toward the backside of the body (dorsal)
Posterior
Closer to the origin
Proximal
Farther from a point of reference
Distal
Closer to the midline of the body
Medial
Farther from the midline of the body
Lateral
Passage of a solution through a membrane using mechanical force
Filtration
Process in which parts of a substance move from areas of high concentration to areas of lower concentration
Diffusion
The substance that makes up genes
DNA
Manufactures proteins according to genetic code (contains uracil)
RNA
A hereditary factor is called a
Gene
The spread of tumors
Metastasis
Dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
Frontal plane
Horizontal plane passing through the body front to back dividing the body into superior and inferior
Transverse plane
The study of how the body functions
Physiology
Most common type of tissue, loose form of connective tissue, between tissues organs and muscles under the skin
Areolar tissue
A precaution of the probable outcome of a disease
Prognosis
A conclusion as to the nature of the illness (getting worse)
Diagnosis
Diseases with undetermined caused
Idiopathic
Inflammation of the muscle
Myositis
Movement of water from a high concentration of a low concentration
Osmosis
Study of body structure
Anatomy
A passage or opening
Meatus
A plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves
Midsagittal plane
The serous membrane lining of the lungs
Pleura
Framework of body
Skeletal system
Intake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide
Respiratory system
Reception of stimuli and control of responses
Nervous system
Transportation system: includes heart and blood vessels
Circulatory system
Removes metabolic waste from blood stream
Urinary system
Movement
Muscular system
Allows conception and childbearing
Reproductive system
Includes the pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid glands
Endocrine system
Skin, hair, nails
Integumentary system
Intake and break down food
Digestive system
