Human Body Orientation
What is the purpose of the endocrine system?
Secrete hormones from glands that regulate other body processes like growth, reproduction etc.
A vertebrae is what type of bone?
Irregular
Where is the frontal bone located?
Anterior aspect of the cranium
What is the function of a bursa?
To reduce friction between adjacent joint structures during movement
What characteristic of muscle can be described as ability to shorten forcibly when adequately stimulated?
Contractility
What are the three homeostatic control mechanisms, which function together in negative and positive feedback loops to maintain homeostasis?
Effectors, Receptors and Control Center
What is the technical terms for the ends of a long bone?
Epiphyses
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
12
What movement at a joint at the angle can be described as lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the tibia?
Dorsiflexion
Many of these make up a muscle fiber?
Myofibrils
What body plane splits the body in to anterior and posterior?
Frontal or Coronal
What bone marking can be described as a narrow slit like opening and example of which can be found in the eye socket?
Fissure
Where is the olecranon found?
Posterior aspect of upper ulna
Considering the six types of synovial joint shapes what is the elbow joint classified as?
Hinge
What attaches to troponin which leads to tropomyosin uncovering the myosin binding sites on actin?
Calcium
What directional term can be described as farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk?
Distal
What do osteoblast cells do?
Bone forming secrete bone matrix
What bone of the hand is found inline with the thumb and connects to the radius?
Scaphoid
Which ligament at the knee prevents posterior movement of the tibia on the femur?
PCL
Considering muscle contraction when an action potential reaches the motor neurons axon terminal it releases what into the synaptic cleft?
Acetylcholine
Which body cavity contains the bladder?
Pelvic Cavity
The structural units of compact bone which are weight bearing pillars are called?
Osteons
Name all seven tarsal bones of the foot
Talus, Calcaneus, Navicular, Cuboid, Lateral Cuneiform, Medial Cuneiform, Intermediate Cuneiform
Name one ligament of the hip joint?
Iliofemoral, Pubofemoral, Ischiofemoral
What pathway for regenerating ATP does not use oxygen and produces one ATP per creatine phosphate?
Direct phosphorylation