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Anatomical term for the region around the belly button.

Umbilical

100
Phagocytosis and pinocytosis are both forms of this, where the cell uses vesicles to bring items into the cell.

Endocytosis

100

A colloquial term for adipose tissue.

Fat

100
Bone that makes up the lower jaw.

Mandible

100

The masseter and buccinator are primarily used for what?

Chewing food

200
When describing the arm, the phalanges are always ______________ to the elbow and wrist.

Distal

200

A dark spot inside the nucleus of a cell. Ribosome packaging occurs here.

Nucleolus

200

The connective tissues at the ends of ribs, in your nose, and your intervertebral discs are all types of what?

Cartilage

200

Bone that makes up the shoulder blade.

Scapula

200

The contractile unit of muscle, repeated over and over in muscle cells.

Sarcomere

300

The term for the body cavity that houses all organs inferior to the diaphragm, all the way down to the bladder and reproductive organs.

Abdominopelvic

300

The phase of the cell cycle where growth and normal activities occur.

Interphase

300

Type of columnar epithelium where cells appear to have layers, but are actually just irregularly shaped cells all attached to the basement membrane.

Pseudostratified

300

The shoulder and hip are what type of joints?

ball and socket

300

List he following layers of muscle coverings from superficial to deep:

perimysium, epimysium, endomysium

Epi, peri, endo

400

Anatomical term for the area behind the knee.

Popliteal

400
Tiny projections from the plasma membrane that increase surface area (not cilia, those are for movement).

Microvilli

400
Draw a typical neuron in nervous tissue and label the three main parts.
Dendrite, cell body, axon
400

List the following from proximal to distal:

phalanges, tarsals, femur, metatarsals, tibia, patella

femur, patella, tibia, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges

400

The two main muscle groups of the upper arm. In the anatomical position the ___________ are on the anterior of the arm and the ___________ are on the posterior.


Biceps, Triceps

500

Cutting a person in half, dividing them perfectly into left an right sides, would be considered what specific type of plane?

Midsagittal (median)

500

Order the following as they occur in mitosis from start to finish:

anaphase, telophase, prophase, cytokinesis, metaphase

P M A T C

500

The primary cells that make up bone tissue and carry out day to day operations.

Osteocytes

500

Place the following vertebrae in appropriate order from superior to inferior:

Cervical, Axis, Lumbar, Sacrum, Atlas, Coccyx, Thoracic

Atlas, Axis, Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum, Coccyx

500
List the three types of muscle and give an example of where you might find each.

Skeletal - skeletal muscles

Smooth - walls of organs and blood vessels

Cardiac - heart

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