Locations of the Human Body
The position described by standing straight up with hands to the side with palms facing forwards and feet pointed ahead at shoulder width apart.
What is anatomical position?
The science of viewing things that cannot be seen without magnification.
What is histology?
This tissue type is responsible for electrical signaling.
What is nervous tissue?
This structure is responsible for the pigment of your skin and hair.
What is melanin?
A characteristic that is controlled by many genes.
What is a polygenic trait?
The plane that cuts through the body from anterior to posterior and is centered along the mid-line that allows for a lateral view of the body.
What is mid-sagittal plane?
This phase of the cell cycle is when a cleavage furrow becomes visible.
What is telophase?
This muscle tissue can be controlled voluntarily.
What is skeletal muscle?
The layer of the epidermis that includes heavy mitotic activity through stem cells.
What is basale layer?
Factors that affect someone's health that are not medical.
What are social determinants of health?
The body structure that separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
The creation of protein from genetic information in the form of mRNA.
What is translation?
This is considered abnormal cell death.
What is necrosis?
This homeostatic process involves temperature balance.
What is thermoregulation?
What is a social construct?
The digits are _______ to the carpal region.
What is distal?
This type of solution causes the cell to swell because of its low solute concentration.
What is hypotonic solution?
This membrane type surrounds organs and is useful in compartmentalization.
What is serous membrane?
This area of skin seals the nail and is located just below the nail.
What is hyponychium?
The cultural practice of scarification involves the intentional scarring for adornment purposes. This cell type is responsible for making scars.
What are fibroblasts?
The examination of large body structures visible to the naked eye.
What is gross anatomy?
This junction protein attaches epithelial cells to the basement membrane.
What are hemidesmosomes?
This abnormal cell growth type is not cancer, but may become cancer.
What is dysplasia?
This nervous structure is responsible for the detection of fine textures.
What is pacinian corpuscle?
This is a common piece of evidence used to refute the claim that race is biological. (Hint: No race has a blueprint for how they all look, there are differences)
What is genetic variation?