Unit 1 Flashcards
Define Anatomical Position
When no two bones are crossed. Standing or laying dine with palms up.
Define Prone and Supine positions
Prone: face down/laying
Supine: face up/laying
What are the three Anatomical planes and definitions.
Median/Midsaggital/saggital- divides body into right and left sides.
Frontal/Coronal: divides body into front and back
Transverse/horizontal: divides body into top & bottom.
What directions are anterior and posterior? Superior and inferior? Medial and Lateral? Proximal and Distal?
Anterior: front of body
Posterior: back/behind body
Superior: towards head/up
Inferior: towards feet/down
Medial: towards midline
Lateral: away from midline
Proximal: towards trunk of limb
Distal: away from trunk of limb
What are contralateral and ipsilateral position?
Contralateral: opposite sides of body/ Right leg and Left arm.
Ipsilateral: same sides of body/ right leg and arm
Define Dermatomes.
Regions of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve.
Sensation of touch for different areas of nerves on skin.
Define Myotomes. What types of nerves?
Muscles and their related actions innervated by a single spinal nerve. Peripheral nerves.
What are the four types of tissues and their functions/characteristics.
Epithelial- it is the outer layer, it covers surfaces inside and out, it lines the blood vessels and organs. This tissue is cellular, polar, attached, avascular, and highly regenerative.
Connective: protects, binds together, supports, fills in spaces. Diverse types, protein, cellular components.
Muscle: needed for movement. contractile, responds to stimulation from nervous tissue.
Nervous: has neurons and glial cells. Neurons- controls activities and process info. It is excitable. Glial cells- support and protect neurons. Non excitable.
What are the five different structures epithelium can take?
Simple Squamos- row of squished.
Stratified Squamos- stack of squished.
Simple Cuboidal- row of cubes
Stratified Cuboidal- stack of cubes
Simple Columnar- row of tall columns
Stratified Columnar- stack of columns
Pseudostratified: one layer thick but appears stratified in columns. contains cilia.
Key characteristics of connective tissues.
-tissue cells are not in contact with each other, surrounded by fluid.
- highly vascularized
- protein fibers add structure and strength
What are the three 3 basic components of connective tissues
-cells, protein fiber, and ground substance
What are the cells and fibers found in connective tissue?
Cells
- fibroblasts (fiber-creators)
- adipocytes (fat cells)
Fibers
- collagen, elastic, and reticular
Info on Collagen Fibers
-made of the protein collagen
-tough, flexible, resists stretching
- in dissection, collagen has a pearly white appearance.
Info on Elastin Fibers
-stretchy like rubber bands
imparts the ability to stretch and recoil back to original shape.
Wound healing (connective tissue)
Clotting proteins and plasma proteins begin to clot and form scab.
Collagen bridge allows for epithelial cells to multiply and migrate.
Scar tissue replaces collagen bridge.
Define tendons and ligaments (and fascia)
Tendons- connects muscle to bone, has collagen fibers which reduces elasticity.
Ligaments: connects bones to bones, rigid to reduce tears.
Fascia- found between the skin and the muscles, it also subdivides muscles. Connective tissues are arranged in enveloping sheets that surround structures
Define superficial and deep fascia.
superficial fascia- found deep to the skin universally in the body, rich in adipose tissue, loose in organization.
Deep fascia- almost universal, devoid of adipose and extends inward to subdivide muscles and wrap around neurovascular bundles.
What are the three types of cartilages and where are they found?
Hyaline cartilages: bone to bone connections, in between elastic and rigid. Most abundant
Elastic cartilages: most flexible, found in ears.
Fibrocartilages: most rigid, found at knee joint. Shock absorbing
What are chondroblasts and chondrocytes and where are their found.
Chondroblasts: produce the matrix of cartilage, they become chondrocytes once they make enough matrix to encase themselves in lacunae.
Chondrocytes: mature cartilage cells that maintain the matrix.
Features of Cartilage Matrix
Avascular
Resistant to compression: compression helps maintain cartilage by promoting fluid movement to cells (like squeezing a water bottle).
Tears easily.
What are the key functions of cartilage
-providing a gliding surface for joints
- providing a model for bone formation/ growth
-skeletal structure where flexibility or resistance to breaking is useful (adds flexibility to bones)
What is the outer layer of bone.
Periosteum
What are the five specialized bone functions
Protection of vital structures- form rigid walls of cavities (ribs)
Support for body: vertebral column forms
structural framework for trunk
Mechanical basis for movement: provide attachments for muscles and provides levers for other bones.
Blood cells: red bone marrow in ends of long bones
Mineral storage: calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Calcium is necessary for muscle contraction.
Where does bone grow
Ossification center in middle and ends of bones. Growth plate of hyaline cartilage.
With age, what occurs to bones.
Childhood- more fibrous, less mineral, easily deformed or fractured.
Adulthood- mineralization is well balanced and bones are durable
Elders- lose mineralization, fractures increase.
2 growth parts of Long Bones
Diaphysis- growth between 2 parts (shaft of bone)
Epiphysis- growth at end (rounded ends)
Define spongy and compact bone
Spongy- inner bone, made up of trabeculae filled with marrow.
Compact- outer bone, smooth and solid