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Human Anatomy
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Undergraduate 4
01/05/2009

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Superior
Definition
Toward head end of the body
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Inferior
Definition
Away from Head
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Anterior
Definition
Front
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Posterior
Definition
Back of Body
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Medial
Definition
Toward the midline of the body (or leg)
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Lateral
Definition
Away from the midline of the body
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Proximal
Definition
toward or nearest to the trunk or origin of a part
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Proximal
Definition
toward or nearest to the trunk or origin of a part
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Distal
Definition
Away from or farthest from the trunk or the point of origin of a part
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Coronal Plane
Definition
a vertical plane running from side to side, divides body into anterior/posterior
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Sagittal Plane
Definition
A vertical plane running from front to back
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Transverse Plane
Definition
Horizantal plane devides body into superior/inferior
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Epithelial Tissue
Definition
Linings, a bunch of closely packed cells. may be squamous, cuboidal, or columnar in shape.
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Muscular
Definition
Ability to shorten or contract to produce movement. Cells are long and slender, categorized into skeletal muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue and cardiac muscle tissue.
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Skeltal Muscle Tissue
Definition
cylindrical, multinumcleated, striated and voluntary
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Smooth Muscle cells
Definition
spindle shaped, single central nucleus and lack striation. Involuntary
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Cardiac Muscle
Definition
branching fibers, one nucleus per cell, striations and intercalated disks. Not voluntary
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Connective tissue
Definition
abundance of inter cellular matrix with relatively few cells. Examples are adipose tissue, fiberous connective tissue, osseous tissue, cartilage, and bone
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Types of Hard Tissue (Bone) Structures
Definition
2 types: compact and spongy
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Types of cells of Bone
Definition
Osteoblasts are bone forming cells, osteoclasts resorb or break down bone and osteocytes are mature bone cells.
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Compact Bone
Definition
closely pacted osteons (osteon consists of a central canal called the osteonic calnal surrounded by concentric rings). osteonic systems are packed tightly together to form an apparent solid mass.
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Spongy (calcellous) Bone
Definition
Spongy bone is lighter and less dense then compact bone. consists of plates (trabeculae) and bars. Fills the inter cavern of bones
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Epiphysis
Definition
Ends of long bone
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Diaphysis
Definition
Middle of Long Bone
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Medullary cavity.
Definition
Long bone interior cavity
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articular cartilage
Definition
Cartilage outside of an Epipysis
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Epiphyseal line
Definition
Division inbetween spongy bone areas
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Types of bones
Definition
long, short, flat and irregular. Long (leg, arm, forarm) Short(spongy bone in ankle and wrist) Flat (cranium)
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Radius and Ulna
Definition
Forearm
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Humerus
Definition
Upper Arm
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Metacarpals
Definition
Middle bones in the wrist
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Phlanges
Definition
Fingers
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Femur
Definition
Thigh Bone
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Patella
Definition
Knee Cap
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Tibia
Definition
Larger Lower Leg Bone
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Fibula
Definition
Smaller Lower Leg Bone
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Tarsals
Definition
Highest ankle bones
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Metatarsals
Definition
middle ankle Bones
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Phlanges
Definition
toe Bones
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Vertebral Column Order
Definition
Cervical Curve, THoracic Curve, Lumbar Curve, Sacral Curve
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Synarthroses
Definition
Immovable joints, very close contact, separated by only a thin layer of fibrous connective tissue
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Amphiarthroses
Definition
slightly movable joints. connected by hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage. (joints between vertebrae and ribs)
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Diathroses
Definition
freely movable joints. Ends of opposing bones are covered with hyaline cartilage then articular cartilage. all have a synovial membrane.
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Bloods passage through the heart
Definition
Superior and Inverior vena cava, Right atrium, Tricuspid valve, right ventrical, pulmonary valve, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, left atrium, mitral valve, left ventrical, aortic valve, aorta
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