DEFINITIONS
CONNECTS ARTERIOLES TO VEINS
CAPILLARIES
TALUS
LOWER EXT. BONE
ATTACHES TO BONE
SKELETAL
EXITS THE BRAIN THROUGH THE FORAMEN MAGNUM
SPINAL CORD
LOSS OF BLOOD VESSEL CONTROL
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF SHOCK
STANDING, FACING FORWARD, PALMS FACING FORWARD
ANATOMIC POSITION
PATELLA
LOWER EXTREMITY BONE
FOUND IN THE WALLS OG THE GI TRACT
SMOOTH
BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)
FEMALE: CARRIES THE OVUM TO THE UTERUS
FALLOPIAN TUBES
IMAGINARY VERTICAL LINE DESCENDING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREHEAD TO THE FLOOR
ANATOMIC POSITION
CLAVICLE
UPPER EXT. BONE
FOUND ONLY IN THE HEART
CARDIAC
SENSORY NERVES
LEEAF SHAPED FLAP OF TISSUE THAT PREVENTS FOOD AND LIQUID FROM ENTERING THE TRACHEA
EPIGLOTTIS
OUTER LAYER OF THE SKIN
EPIDERMIS
FIBULA
LOWER EXT. BONE
UNDER DIRECT CONTROL OF THE BRAIN
SKELETAL
TRANSMITS ELECTRICAL IMPULSES TO THE MUSCLES, CAUSING THEM TO CONTRACT
MOTOR NERVES
SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR RELEASING CHEMICALS THAT REGULATE BODY ACTIVITIES
ENDOCRINE
FIBROUS TISSUE THAT CONNECTS BONES TO BONES
LIGAMENT
ULNA
UPPER EXT. BONE
HAS ITS OWN BLOOD SUPPLY AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CARDIAC
LINKS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TO VARIOUS ORGANS IN THE BODY
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS)
ORGAN THAT SECRETES ENZYMES USED TO DIGEST FATS, STARCHES AND PROTEIN
PANCREAS