Terminology Flashcards
What are the 7 things to life?
Movement, Metabolism, Homeostasis, Responsiveness, Growth and development, Reproduction and Adaptation.
Name the levels of anatomy from smallest to greatest.
Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organismal
List the 12 organ systems.
Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine, Circulatory, Lymphatic, Immune, Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary, Reproductive.
Which part of the body is the dorsal and ventral parts of the body?
Dorsal is the back and ventral is the front.
List the 5 cavities in the body.
Cranial, Spinal, Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic.
What does the cranial cavity contain?
The brain
What does the Spinal cavity contain?
The Spinal cord
What does the thoracic cavity contain?
Heart, lungs, oesophagus, thymus gland, large blood/lymph vessels.
What is the section between the lungs called?
Mediastinum
What splits the thoracic and abdominal cavities?
The diaphragm
What does the abdominal cavity contain?
stomach, liver and intestines
What does the pelvic cavity contain?
The reproductive organs, bladder and rectum
What are the 4 quadrants of the body?
Right upper, right lower, left upper and left lower
What are the 9 sections of the body?
Right Hypochondriac, Epigastric, Left Hypochondriac, Right Lumbar, Umbilical, Left Lumbar, Right illiac, Hypogastric and Left illiac
What is the double layer membrane that the ventral body cavity is covered with?
Serous membrane (serosa) which has fluid between them.
What is the Parietal serosa?
The membrane fused to the body cavity wall
What is the visceral serosa?
The membrane fused to the organs
What is the lung serosa called?
Pluera
What is the heart serosa called?
Pericardium
What is the axial body and the appendicular body?
Axial is the head, neck and trunk whilst appendicular is the arms and legs.
What are the 3 body plans?
Frontal splits into front and back, median cuts through spine and transverse is the equator.
Difference between superior and inferior?
Above is superior and below is inferior
What is the difference between Medial and Lateral?
Medial is towards midline and lateral is away from midline
What is the difference between proximal and distal?
Proximal is towards core and Distal is away from core
What is the difference between anterior and posterior?
Anterior is front and Posterior is behind.
What is flexion and extension?
Flexion is bending and extension is extending
What is the difference between abduction and adduction?
Abduction is taking away from body, adduction is adding to body
What is the difference between pronation and supination?
Pronation is hand face down, supination is hand face up
What is the difference between inversion and eversion?
Inversion is soles touching, eversion is soles facing away
What is the difference between dorsiflexion and plantar flexion?
Dorsiflexion is flexing foot, plantar flextion is pointing foot
What is supine?
Lying face up
What is Prone?
Lying face down
What is the difference between active, passive and resisted movement?
Active movement is movement by person/muscle, passive is someone else moving body and resisted is not allowing movement
