Practical 1 Study Flashcards
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What are three key lab safety rules?
No eating, drinking, or smoking; wear proper clothing (no open-toed shoes); dispose of biohazards properly.
What is a pipet used for?
Measuring small volumes of liquid.
What does a triple beam balance measure?
Mass.
Why is a beaker not ideal for measuring volume?
It is not accurate for volume measurement.
What instrument measures larger volumes, up to 100 mL, accurately?
Graduated cylinder.
What does a meter stick measure?
Length.
What does a thermometer measure?
Thermal energy (temperature).
What does ‘superior’ mean in anatomical terms?
Toward the head or upper part of a structure.
What does ‘inferior’ mean in anatomical terms?
Away from the head; lower part of a structure.
What does ‘anterior’ mean?
Toward the front of the body.
What does ‘posterior’ mean?
Toward the back of the body.
Define ‘medial.’
Toward the midline of the body.
Define ‘lateral.’
Away from the midline of the body.
Define ‘proximal.’
Closer to the point of attachment to the trunk.
Define ‘distal.’
Farther from the point of attachment to the trunk.
What is flexion?
Decreasing the angle between two bones.
What is extension?
Increasing the angle between two bones.
Define abduction.
Movement away from the midline.
Define adduction.
Movement toward the midline.
Define pronation.
Rotation of the forearm so the palm faces down.
Define supination.
Rotation of the forearm so the palm faces up.
What is plantarflexion?
Pointing the toes downward.
What is dorsiflexion?
Pulling the toes upward toward the shin.
List the metric prefixes from kilo to micro in order.
Kilo, hecto, deca, (basic unit), deci, centi, milli, micro.
