Basic Anatomy
The study of body structures that can be seen with the naked eye
Anatomy
The involuntary muscle that is the heart
What is the Cardiac muscle?
How many bones are in the human body
206
What is the largest and most complex nerve tissue in the body?
What is the brain?
The amount of blood in the adult human body.
What is 8-10 pints?
A collection of similar cells that perform a particular function
What are tissues
The part of the muscle that is attached to the skeleton and does not move
What is the origin?
The smaller bone of the forearm on the same side as the thumb
What is the radius?
Three
Thin-walled blood vessels that are located closer to the skin surface.
What are veins?
The type of tissue that binds together, protects and supports various parts of the body
What is connective tissue
The part of the muscle that is at the more moveable attachment to the skeleton
What is the insertion?
The skull consists of two parts. What are they?
The main part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord; controls all body movements and our five senses.
What is the central nervous system?
Tubelike structures that include arteries, veins, and capillaries.
What are blood vessels?
Structures composed of specialized tissues that perform specific functions
What are organs
The middle part of the muscle
What is the belly?
What is the heavy long bone that forms the leg above the knee?
Femur
Whitish cords through which impulses are transmitted and originate in the brain and spinal cord.
What are nerves?
Thick-walled tubes that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
Another term for fat
What is adipose
Pressure in massage is usually directed from the ________ to the __________
What is insertion to origin?
The ankle joint is composed of how many bones?
Three
The type of nerve that carries impulses or messages from the sense organs to the brain.
What are sensory nerves?
The part of the heart where oxygenated blood is returned to.
What is the left atrium?
Structures composed of specialized tissues that perform specific functions.
What are organs?
The type of muscular tissue that is voluntary and attached to the bones
What is striated?
The bone that joins all of the bones of the cranium together
What is sphenoid
The type of nerve that carries impulses from the brain to the muscles
What are motor nerves?
The artery that is the main source of blood supply to the head, face and neck.
What is the common carotid artery?
Cell reproduction is called ________
What is mitosis?
The muscle that draws the fingers together
What are adductors?
The number of bones in the facial skeleton
14
The largest cranial nerve also known as the trifacial and is the chief sensory nerve of the face.
What is the Fifth cranial nerve?
The type of tissue that controls and coordinates body functions.
What is nerve tissue?
The muscle that turns the hand inward so that the hand faces down
What is the pronator?
The heavy long bone that forms the leg above the knee
Femur
The nerve that affects the upper part of your cheeks
What is the zygomatic nerve?