Anatomy And Physiology Flashcards
(118 cards)
What planes of the body are perpendicular to the sagittal and frontal planes and divide the body into anterior and posterior sections?
Frontal planes
What planes divide the body into right and left halves on a vertical axis?
Midsagittal plane, the median
What body angle is drawn at right angles to both sagittal and frontal planes, and divides the body into superior and inferior sections?
Transverse plane, horizontal plane
What is indicated by the anatomical term, caudal?
Toward the lower end of the body
What is the process of absorption, storage, and the use of foods for body growth, maintenance, and repair?
The metabolism
What is the body’s self regulating control of internal environment?
Homeostasis
What is the smallest unit of life, and the basic structural unit of all living things and a functional unit all by itself?
The cell
What has been called “the secret of life”?
Protoplasm
What is he typical cell made of?
Plasma membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm
What is the process where solids and gasses (oxygen, protein, carbs, and salts) pass through the plasma membrane?
Diffusion
What are the 4 main groups of tissues?
Epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous
What Re the three types of epithelial tissue?
Columnar, squamous, and cuboidal
What is the main protective tissue of the body?
Squamous
What are the three types of connective tissue?
Areolar, adipose, Osseous
What type of tissue is commonly called fatty tissue?
Adipose
What type of tissue is known as bone tissue?
Osseous
What are the three types of muscular tissue?
Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac
What is the most complex tissue in the body?
Nerve
What is the basic cell of nerve tissue?
The neuron
How many bones in an adult?
206
What gives bones its strength and hardness?
Inorganic mineral salts
What bones are classified as long?
Femur and humerus
What bones are classified as flat?
Skull, sternum, and scapula
What bones are classified as irregular?
Vertebrae, mandible, hyoid, pelvic