Anatomy Terms

Question 1

What is gross anatomy?

Answer 1

Structure of bone. Covers what the eyes can see. It determine function.

Question 2

What is systemic anatomy?

Answer 2

Covers what a microscope can see. It helps understand the nature of the tissues by providing greater insight.

Question 3

What does physiology ask?

Answer 3

It gives us basic function by asking how things work.

Question 4

What is kinesiology?

Answer 4

Understanding how the system moves.

Question 5

What is homeostasis?

Answer 5

Maintaining a balance that is stable.

Question 6

What is the axial skeleton?

Answer 6

The part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head & trunk of the vertebrae.

Question 7

What is the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 7

The part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the appendages.

Question 8

What is superior?

Answer 8

upper, or towards the head of the body

Question 9

What is inferior?

Answer 9

lower, or away from the head of the body

Question 10

What is anterior?

Answer 10

in front of

Question 11

What is posterior?

Answer 11

behind; in back of

Question 12

What is medial?

Answer 12

towards the midline of the body

Question 13

What is lateral?

Answer 13

away from the midline of the body

Question 14

What is proximal?

Answer 14

moving towards the axial skeleton

Question 15

What is distal?

Answer 15

moving away from the axial skeleton

Question 16

Where are the hands in anatomical position?

Answer 16

hands by side with palms facing forward

Question 17

Where are the hands in fundamental position?

Answer 17

hands by side with palms facing the body

Question 18

What are connective tissues?

Answer 18

Tissues that fill space, provide structural support, and transports & stores energy.

Question 19

Which skeleton is the shoulder girdle & scapula part of?

Answer 19

the appendicular skeleton

Question 20

Which skeleton is the ribcage and sternum a part of?

Answer 20

the axial skeleton

Question 21

Which skeleton is the pelvis a part of?

Answer 21

the appendicular skeleton

Question 22

What is a superficial layer?

Answer 22

not deep; surface level

Question 23

What is a deep layer?

Answer 23

not surface level; within the body

Question 24

What is flexion?

Answer 24

reducing the angle of a joint

Question 25

What is extension?

Answer 25

increasing the angle of a joint

Question 26

What are extensors?

Answer 26

muscles that create extension

Question 27

What is abduction?

Answer 27

moving out away from midline

Question 28

What is adduction?

Answer 28

drawing towards midline

Question 29

What is medial rotation?

Answer 29

moving towards the midline of the body

Question 30

What is lateral rotation?

Answer 30

moving outward from the center

Question 31

What does the sagittal plane separate?

Answer 31

the right/left sides of the body

Question 32

What does the frontal plane separate?

Answer 32

the front/back sides of the body

Question 33

What does the transverse plane separate?

Answer 33

the top/bottom portions of the body

Question 34

In what way do we move within the transverse plan?

Answer 34

in rotational movement

Question 35

What is pronation?

Answer 35

turning hands down

Question 36

What is supination?

Answer 36

turning hands up

Question 37

What is is called when the scapula lift up?

Answer 37

elevation

Question 38

What is it called when the scapula move down?

Answer 38

depression

Question 39

What is it called when we squeeze the shoulder blades together?

Answer 39

retraction

Question 40

What is it called when we move the shoulder blades away from each other?

Answer 40

protraction

Question 41

What is proprioception?

Answer 41

self awareness of the body's position and movement

Question 42

What is a muscle origin point?

Answer 42

where the muscle originates on more stable bone

Question 43

What is a muscle insertion point?

Answer 43

where the muscles attaches on more moveable bone

Question 44

What is an agonist?

Answer 44

the muscle that is doing most of the work during movement

Question 45

What is an antagonist?

Answer 45

the muscle in a pairing that is not working

Question 46

What is synergist?

Answer 46

muscles that stabilize a joint with movement

Question 47

What is isometric contraction?

Answer 47

no movement at all with static muscular engagement

Question 48

What is concentric contraction?

Answer 48

movement that happens when the muscle is becoming shorter

Question 49

What is eccentric contraction?

Answer 49

movement that happens when muscles is being released/lengthened

Question 50

What is stretch reflex?

Answer 50

when nerves step in to stop movement; continuing to stretch without the nerves causes muscles tear

Question 51

What is dorsiflexion?

Answer 51

flexing toes towards the face

Question 52

What is plantar flexion?

Answer 52

pointing the toes

Question 53

When the arms reach overhead, they are in what type of rotation?

Answer 53

external

Question 54

What is resultant force?

Answer 54

as we send energy down, energy rises through us and we grow, reflecting Issac Newton's law of physics that says every action has an equal & opposite reaction

Question 55

What is interoception?

Answer 55

the ability to be aware of internal sensations

Question 56

What is an open chain?

Answer 56

the limb is not grounded anywhere

Question 57

What is hypoextensive?

Answer 57

The limb/joint cannot be straightened; can be seen in elbows in downdog.

Question 58

What is reciprocal innervation?

Answer 58

muscles in antagonistic pairs

Question 59

What is reciprocal inhibition?

Answer 59

relaxing the muscle on one side of the joint to find contraction on the other side

Question 60

What is functional anatomy?

Answer 60

how we adjust the body for it to more optimally function