Anatomy
Collection of similar cells that perform a particular function.
Tissue
The study of muscles.
Myology
Also known as the collarbone; bone joining the sternum and scapula.
Clavicle
Chest; elastic, bony cage that serves as a protective framework for the heart, lungs, and other internal organs.
Thorax
External protective coating that covers the entire body. The body's largest organ; acts as a barrier to protect body systems from outside elements.
Skin.
Abductors
Thin-walled blood vessels that connect the smaller arteries to the veins.
Capillaries
Eating or taking food into the body.
Smaller bone in the forearm on the same side as the thumb.
Inner and larger bone of the forearm, attached to the wrist on the side of the pinky.
Ulna
Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that binds to oxygen.
Hemoglobin
Spongy tissues composed of microscopic cells in which inhaled air is exchanged for carbon dioxide during one respiratory cycle.
Lungs.
Automatic nerve reaction to a stimulus.
Reflex
Clear, yellowish fluid that circulates in the lymph spaces (lymphatic) of the body; carries waste and impurities away from the cells.
Lymph
Muscle of the forearm that rotates the radius out-ward and the palm upward.
Supinator
Middle part of a muscle.
Belly
Also known as the occipitofrontalis; broad muscle that covers the top of the skull.
Epicranius
Nerve that affects the muscles of the mouth.
Buccal Nerve
U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue and its muscle.
Hyoid Bone
Muscle producing the contour of the front and inner side of the upper arm.
Biceps
Sends impulses away from the cell body to other neurons, glands, or muscles.
Axon
The transport of fully digested food into the circulatory system to feed the tissues and cells.
Absorption
Located in the uppermost part of the mid-brain; consists of 2 parts, the thalamus and hypothalamus.
Diencephalon
Tree-like branching of nerve fibers extending from a nerve cell; short nerve fibers that carries impulses toward the cell.
Dendrite
Back of the epicranius; muscle that draws the scalp backward.
Occipitalis