Anatomy Exam

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What are organ systems?
integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive
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What is the integumentary system?
skin
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What is the skeletal system?
protects and supports body organs, and provides frameworks the muscles use to cause movement.
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What is the muscular system?
Consists of skeletal muscles, tendons that connect muscles to bones, and ligaments that attach bones together to form joint
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What is the nervous system?
Consists of the brain, spinal cord & nerves & it serves as the body's CONTROL SYSTEM
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What is the endocrine system?
HORMONES!!
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What is the cardiovascular system?
heart and blood vessels
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What is the lymphatic system?
Lymph nodes, immune system
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What is the respiratory system?
This system keeps the body's cells supplied with oxygen
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What is the urinary system?
the excretory (urinary) system helps maintain the water & electrolyte balance in the body.
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What is the digestive system?
consists of all organs from mouth to the anus involved in the ingestion and breakdown or processing of food.
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What is the reproductive system?
Reproduce offspring- produce male sex cells (sperm) and female sex cells (oocytes)
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What is homeostasis?
the ability of an organism to maintain consistent internal environment in response to changing internal or external conditions
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What is an example of how humans maintain homeostasis?
body temperature--sweating, sickness--lymphatic system kicks in
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What are the three components of homeostatic systems?
Receptor, Control Center, Effector
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What is a condyle?
Large, smooth, rounded, oval structure
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What is a facet
Small, flat, shallow surface
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What is a head?
Prominent, rounded epiphysis
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What is a trochlea?
Smooth, grooved, pulleylike process
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What is an alveolus?
Deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible
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What is a Fossa?
Flattened or shallow depression
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What is a Sulcus?
Narrow groove
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What is a Crest?
Narrow, prominent, ridgelike projection
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What is a Epicondyle?
Projection adjacent to a condyle
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What is a Line?
Low ridge
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What is a process?
Any marked bony prominence
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What is a Ramus?
Angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure
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What is a Spine?
Pointed, slender process
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What is a Trochanter?
Massive, rough projection found only on the femur
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What is a Tubercle?
Small, round projection
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What is a Tuberosity?
Large, rough projection
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What is a Meatus/Canal?
Passageway through the bone
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What is a Fissure?
Narrow, slitlike opening through a bone
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What is a Foramen?
Rounded passageway through the bone
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What is a Sinus?
Cavity or hollow space in a bone
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Clavicle
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Scapula
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Humerus
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Carpals
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Radius
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Metacarpals
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Ulna
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Phalanges
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Os coaxe
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Femur
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Tarsals
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Patella
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Tibia
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Fibula
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Frontal Bone
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Parietal Bones
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Temporal Bones
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Occipital Bone
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Sphenoid bone
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Ethmoid Bone
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Zygomatic Bones
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Lacrimal Bones
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Nasal Bones
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Vomer
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Inferior Nasal Conchae
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Palatine Bones
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Maxillae
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Mandible
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Malleus
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Incus
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Stapes
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Hyoid Bone
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cervical vertebrae
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Thoracic Vertebrae
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Lumbar Vertebrae
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Sacrum
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Coccyx
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Sternum
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Ribs
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What are articulating surfaces?
condyle, facet, head, trochlea
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What are depressions?
alveolus, fossa, sulcus
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What are Projections?
crest, epicondyle, line, process, ramus, spine, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity
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What are openings and spaces?
canal, fissure, foramen, meatus, sinus
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What are condyles?
large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure
large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure
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What are facets?
small, flat, shallow surface
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What are heads?
prominent, rounded epiphysis
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What are Trochiea?
smooth, grooved, pulley-like process
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What is Etiology?
study of the cause of disease
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What is Pathogenisis?
development of disease
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What is anatomy?
The study of body structure
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What is Physiology?
The study of body function
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What is Microscopic Anatomy?
deals with structures too small to be seen with the naked eye
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What is Cytology?
study of cells
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What is Histology?
study of tissues
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What is systematic anatomy?
body structure is studied system by system
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What is Regional Anatomy?
specific regions of the body such as the head or chest
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What is surface anatomy?
the study of internal structures as they relate to the overlying skin surface
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What is comparative anatomy?
The comparison of body structures and how they vary among species
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What is embryology anatomy?
developmental changes that occur before birth
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What is Pathologic Anatomy/Pathology?
examines all anatomic changes resulting from disease
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What is radiographic anatomy?
investigates internal structures visualized by scanning procedures
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What is cardiovascular physiology?
functions of the heart and blood vessels
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What is Neurophysiology?
explains the workings of the nervous system
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What is respiratory physiology?
functions of the air passageways and lungs
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What is reproductive physiology?
the functioning of reproductive hormones and the reproductive cycle