Anatomy 101
This is the name for the maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment in an organism.
What is homeostasis?
This type of epithelium appears to have two or three layers of cells, BUT the all the cells are in contact with the basement membrane.
What is pseudostratified columnar epithelium?
This layer of the epidermis can only be found in the thickened skin of the palms and soles.
What is the Stratum lucidum?
Cranial bones develop by this type of ossification.
What is intramembranous ossification?
This is the number of bones in the adult human body.
What is 206?
When body temperature decreases, a center in the brain initiates physiological changes to increase the body temperature. This is an example of...
What is negative feedback?
This type of tissue in the wall of the uterus must contract during labor (childbirth).
What is smooth muscle?
This layer of the epidermis is responsible for cell division and replacement.
What is the Stratum basale?
This is the name of the cell responsible for secreting the matrix of the bone.
What is an osteoblast?
This is the strongest bone in your body. It’s even stronger than concrete!
What is the femur?
The ulna is on THIS side of the forearm.
What is medial?
This type of cell is commonly found wedged between simple columnar epithelial cells.
What is a goblet cell?
This is the name for the glands usually associated with (occurring next to) hair follicles.
What are sebaceous glands?
Bending your head back until it hurts would be an example of this type of movement.
What is hyperextension?
The word "anatomy" comes from the Greek word anatome, which means this.
What is dissection?
If you were asked to take a person’s axillary pulse, you would feel for their pulse here.
What is the armpit?
Name something that IS found in bone, but NOT in cartilage.
What are blood vessels?
These are the names for the two types of sweat glands.
What are eccrine and apocrine?
Name at least three components of an osteon.
What are a central (Haversian) canal, canaliculi, osteocyte, lamella(e), and lacuna(e)?
This is the body’s largest organ. It can weigh up to 10 pounds and cover 22 square feet!
What is the skin?
The parietal pleura is a membrane that can be found here.
What is lining the inside of the thoracic cavity?
The shape of the external ear is maintained by this type of cartilage.
What is elastic cartilage?
This is the reason why eyebrow hairs are always shorter than hairs on your head.
What is a shorter active/growing phase?
Bone projections such as tuberosities, crests and tubercles serve this major purpose.
What is to act as attachments points for muscles and ligaments?
The stapes bone, also known as the stirrup bone, is about the size of a grain of rice. It is the smallest bone in your body and is found here.
What is the (middle) ear?