A&P Overview
The imaginary line through the middle of the axilla.
midaxillary
A thick fluid that supports the internal cell structures and provides shape to the cell
Cytoplasm
The elbow and knee are examples of what type of joint
Hinge
3 organs of the RUQ
Liver, gallbladder, stomach, colon
Lying down or leaning back
recumbent position
A person standing upright, facing the observer, arms straight andf palms forward
Anatomic position
3 Types of muscle tissue
Smooth, skeletal, cardiac
An exaggeration of the lumbar spine creating a hollow back
Lordosis
Connective tissue that connect bone to bone and holds joints together
ligaments
The full distance a joint can be moved
range of motion
Farther from the trunk and toward the free end of the extremity
Distal
Division of a cell into 2 identical cells
Mitosis
The fracture that twists around the shaft of the bone
Spiral
The growth plate of a long bone
Epiphyseal plate
closeer to the feet or below another structure
inferior
An upward deformity of the distal radius of the wrist.
silver fork deformity/fx
The nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi complex, mitochondria and lysosomes are examples of.....
organelles
A subtrochanteric fracture is locted.....
in the hip (neck of the femur)
Diaphysis
the shaft of the long bone
Name 3 anatomic planes of the body
frontal (coronal)
transverse (axial)
sagittal (lateral)
midsagittal
The front of a part, organ or structure
Ventral
Solutes moving from higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
Diffusion
List the components of the axial skeleton
skull, thoracic cage, spine
Name 3 types of tissues
Connective, nerve, muscle & epithelial
________plane runs through the body from head to toe, dividing it into 2 unequal sections. The__________and __________sections.
frontal
anterior
posterior