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The Human Body Orientation Flashcards

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Study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts

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Anatomy

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Study of how the body and its parts work or function

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Physiology

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Large structure and easily observable

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Gross anatomy

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Structures cannot be seen with the naked eye
Structures can only be viewed with a microscope

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Microscopic anatomy

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Forms the external body covering
Protects deeper tissue from injury
Helps regulate body temperature
Location of cutaneous nerve receptors

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Integumentary

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Protects and supports body organs
Provides muscle attachment for movement
Site of blood cell formation
Stores minerals

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Skeletal

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Produces movement
Maintains posture
Produces heat

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Muscular

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Fast-acting control system
Responds to internal and external change
Activates muscles and glands

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Nervous

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Secretes regulatory hormones
Growth
Reproduction
Metabolism

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Endocrine

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Transports materials in body via blood pumped by heart
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Nutrients
Wastes

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Cardiovascular

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Returns fluids to blood vessels
Cleanses the blood
Involved in immunity

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Lymphatic

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Keeps blood supplied with oxygen
Removes carbon dioxide

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Respiratory

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Breaks down food
Allows for nutrient absorption into blood
Eliminates indigestible material as feces

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Digestive

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Eliminates nitrogenous wastes
Maintains acid-base balance
Regulates water and electrolytes

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Urinary

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Produces offspring
Testes produce sperm and male hormone
Ovaries produce eggs and female hormones

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Reproductive

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Necessary Life Functions

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  1. Maintain boundaries
  2. Movement
  3. Responsiveness
  4. Digestion
  5. Metabolism
  6. Excretion
  7. Reproduction
  8. Growth
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Survival Needs

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  1. Nutrients
  2. Oxygen
  3. Water
  4. Stable body temperature
  5. Atmospheric pressure
18
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Maintenance of a stable internal environment.
A dynamic state of equilibrium.
Necessary for normal body functioning and to sustain life.

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Homeostasis

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A disturbance in homeostasis resulting in disease

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Homeostatic imbalance

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Front of the body

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Anterior

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Back of the body

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Posterior

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toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body; above

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Superior (cranial or cephalad)

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away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below

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Inferior (caudal)

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toward or at the front of the body; in front of

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Ventral (anterior)

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toward or at the backside of the body; behind

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Dorsal (posterior)

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toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side of

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Medial

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away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of

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Lateral

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between a more medial and a more lateral structure

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Intermediate

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close to the origin of the body part or point of attachment to a limb to the body trunk

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Proximal

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farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

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Distal

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toward or at the body surface

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Superficial

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away from the body surface; more internal

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Deep

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divides the body (or organ) into left and right parts

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sagittal section

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divides the body (or organ) into equal left and right parts

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median, or midsagittal, section

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divides the body (or organ) into anterior and posterior parts.

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frontal, or coronal, section

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