Muscles
This is the main muscle of arm abduction, and can be divided into 3 regions, anterior, middle, and posterior
What is deltoid
An infection of the lungs, the most common infectious cause of death, particularly older adults and infants.
What is pneumonia?
Term for the wrist bones
What are carpals?
Inferior chambers of the heart
What are the ventricles?
This organ functions as both an endocrine and exocrine gland.
What is the pancreas?
This muscle group opposes knee flexion
What are the quadriceps?
Term for paleness of skin, occurs in people with anemia
What is pallor?
This joint offers the greatest range of motion, permitting movement in all 3 planes
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
The names of the meningies, or protective layers surrounding the brain
What are the Pia Matter, Arachnoid Matter, and Dura Matter?
People with this blood type are known as universal recipients
What is type AB blood?
What are pectoralis minor and scalenes?
Inflammation of the joint capsule, progressive joint damage.
What is Osteoarthritis?
Bone destroying cells
What are osteoclasts?
This is the longest vein in the body
What is the great saphenous vein?
This sphincter is located between the stomach and the small intestine
3 Muscles of the Pes Anserinus
Sartorius, Gracilis, Semitendinosus
Death of the muscle of the heart, also known as a heart attack
What is myocardial infarction?
The name of the joint where the lower extremities join the axial skeleton.
What is the sacroiliac joint?
This cranial nerve helps regulate thoracic and abdominal organs, including digestion and heart rate.
Flexors of the wrist originate here
What is the medial epicondyle of the humerus?
This muscle crosses 2 joints and is responsible for plantar flexion.
What is gastrocnemius?
This disease is caused by an underactive thyroid gland
What is Hashimoto disease, or hypothyroidism?
Process of Bone Development
What is Ossification?
The functional unit of the cardiovascular system, where gas exchange occurs.
What are the capillaries?
This rotator cuff muscle is located on the anterior aspect of the scapula.
What is subscapularis?