Anatomy
The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth
Full recovery after snapping this tendon named for a Greek hero can sometimes take a year or even more
Achilles
Your feet are considered what relative to your body
Distal
Areas where two or more things are joined are known as this time like the groin and armpits
In the 13th century Ibn Al-Nafis was the first to describe how this moved through the heart
Blood
The layers of the skin are the epi-this, the this & the hypo-this
-dermis
Sharp central vision in your eye comes from the macula, a circular area at the center of this
Retina
The kidneys are considered these types of organs since they're on both sides
Bilateral
This is where you would place the tournique relative to the bleed
Above the bleed
This 16th century Flemish professor at the University of Padua is called the "Father of Modern Anatomy"
(Andreas) Vesalius
The 2 lower chambers of the heart are the left & right these
Ventricles
16 to 20 incomplete rings of cartilage hold open the windpipe, AKA this
Trachea
In vertebrate anatomy, it's the opposite of dorsal & meas "on the tummy side"
Ventral
This is your chance of survival with timely and proper technique of stopping the bleed
Near 100%
This 17th C. British physician said the pulse comes from the heart pumping blood, not from the arteries contracting
(William) Harvey
There are ascending & descending parts of this artery that carries blood away from the heart
Aorta
The internal these veins help bring blood from the brain to the heart
Jugular
It's the opposite of contralateral anatomically, meaning that they're on the same side
Ipsilateral
This is how long you should apply pressure to a wound with non-hemostatic gauze
10 min
This 2nd century Greek anatomist 1st demonstrated that arteries carry blood, not air as had been earlier thought
Galen
Heart sac is another name for this 2-layered sac that surrounds the heart
Pericardium
Secreted in this organ, glucagon causes the liver to release stored glucose to fuel your body
Pancreas
The hypodermis is ___ to the epidermis
Deep
3 - 4 min
If the Pope found that this man was stealing cadavers and providing what's considered the first detailed illustration of the Thyroid, he likely would've been excommunicated. His most famous work is the Mona Lisa
(Leonardo) da vinci