Definitions Anatomical
Anatomical Def
Definitions musculo
Definitions circulatory
Definitions mixed
100
Located at or toward the front of the body or body part.
What is anterior?
100
Relating to or located at the side of the body or body part.
What is lateral?
100
Joints that allow movement in all directions.
What is ball and joint?
100
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
100
The process of physically and chemically breaking down nutrients so that they can be absorbed for use by the cells.
What is digestion?
200
An imaginary line that divides the body into left and right sides.
What is Midline?
200
The part nearest to the centre or the point of origin.
What is proximal?
200
Connective tissue, which cushions the joint.
What is cartilage?
200
Tiny blood vessels through which nutrients, oxygen and other substances pass to the cells.
What are capillaries?
200
The substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen and gives blood its colour.
What is hemoglobin?
300
The part farthest from the centre or from the point of attachment.
What is distal?
300
An imaginary line that divides the body into right and left sides.
What is the midline?
300
Joints that allow movement in one direction.
What is hinge joints?
300
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
300
A stable internal environment in our bodies.
What is homeostasis?
400
Below or toward the feet
What is inferior?
400
Away from the centre of the body.
What is peripheral?
400
Joints that allow turning from side to side.
What are pivot joints?
400
The pericardium, myocardium and endocardium.
What are the layers of the heart?
400
A chemical substance secreted by specialized glands and some cells into the blood stream.
What is hormone?
500
Relating to or located at or near the middle or midline of the body.
What is medial?
500
Near the surface of the body.
What is superficial?
500
A group of similar cells that perform a similar function together.
What is tissue?
500
The largest artery that receives blood directly from the left ventricle.
What is the aorta?
500
A persons own protection against a certain disease or infection.
What is immunity?
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