Chapter 6 Flashcards
Absorption
The transport of fully digested food into the circulatory system to feed the tissues and cells
Adductors
Muscles that draw a body part (finger, leg) in toward the median axis of the body or of an extremity.
Adipose tissue
Special connective tissue considered fat, which gives smoothness and contour to the body and cushions and insulates the body
Adrenal glands
Glands that secrete about 30 steroid hormones and control metabolic processes of the body, including the fight or flight response
Abductors
Muscles that draw a body part (leg, finger) away from the midline of the body or of an extremity.
Anabolism
Constructive metabolism; the process of building up larger molecules from smaller ones
Anatomy
The study of human body structure that can be seen with the naked eye and how the body parts are organized and the science of the structure of organisms or of their parts
Angular artery
Artery that supplies blood to the side of the nose
Anterior auricular artery
Artery that supplies blood to the front part of the ear
Aorta
The body’s largest artery. The arterial trunk that carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries through the body.
Arteries
Thick walled muscular and flexible tubes that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the capillaries throughout the body
Arterioles
Small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries
Atrioventricular valves
ATV. valves which are designed to prevent the blood from flowing back into the pumping chamber
Atrium
Thin walled upper chamber of the heart through which blood is pumped to the ventricles.
Auricularis anterior
Muscly in front of the war that draws the ear forward
Auricularis posterior
Behind ear. Draws ear backward
Auricularis superior
Above ear. Draws ear upward
Auriculotemporal nerve
Nerve that affects the external ear and skin above temple, up to the top of the skull.
Autonomic nervous system
ANS. the part of the nervous system that controls the involuntary muscles; regulates the action of the smooth muscles, glands, blood vessels and heart
Axon
The extension of a neuron through which impulses are sent away from the cell body to other neurons, glands or muscles
Belly
Middle part of a muscle
Biceps
Muscle producing the contour of the front and inner side of the upper arm.
Blood
Nutritive fluid circulating through the circulatory system to supply oxygen and nutrients to cells and tissues and to remove CO2 and waste from them
Blood vessels
Tube-like structures that transport blood to and from heart, and to various tissues of the body; includes arteries, Arterioles, capillaries, venues and veins