Intro to Anatomic Terms
What relative direction does "proximal" refer to?
What is "closest to the point of origin"?
Bones are made of this to make them strong and sturdy
What is calcium?
This essential part of the central nervous system is found between your hard spine and sends messages between the body and the brain
What is the spinal cord?
This major organ pushes blood throughout your body to deliver oxygen and nutrients to all your tissues.
What is the heart?
What part of the digestive system help to mechanically break down food?
What is teeth?
What relative direction does "posterior" refer to?
What is "towards the back of the body"?
These parts of our body work by contracting and relaxing actin and myosin
What are muscles?
This is the basic unit of the nervous system, and consists of the dendrites, cell body, and axon.
What is the neuron?
What is the hard tube in your neck that allows air to travel to the lungs?
What is the trachea?
This major organ of the digestive system primarily stores food.
What is the stomach?
What is the tissue that is your skin, and lines your organs so they're not floating around freely
What is epithelial tissue?
These attach muscle to bone
This system of the nervous system consists of two states: relaxed or stressed
What is the autonomic nervous system?
What are the four chambers of the heart?
1. Left atrium
2. Left Ventricle
3. Right atrium
4. Right ventricle
This organ of the urinary system forms urine to remove waste from the body. (Hint: They're located posterior to your liver and stomach)
What is the kidneys?
What are the 4 types of tissues?
1. Epithelial tissue
2. Connective tissue
3. Muscle tissue
4. Nerve tissue
What are bones?
These are messages involving the spinal cord that occur quickly because they don't go to the brain, causing a twitchy response.
What is a reflex?
This part of the respiratory system allows oxygen to get into your blood.
What is the alveoli?
This part of the digestive system contains enzymes called amylase, which begins chemically breaking down food.
What is salivary glands?
What direction does "medial" and "lateral" refer to?
What is "towards and away from the midline of the body"?
These parts of our body are similar to bones, but don't have calcium and are not hard
What is cartilage?
What is the part of the neuron that increases the speed at which messages are sent to the next neuron?
What is the myelin sheath?
This creates the electrical impulse sent through the heart that tells the heart muscle to contract; found in the right atrium
What is the SA node?
This hormone tells your kidneys how much urine to make.
What is the ADH hormone?