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Vocab & Physiology
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Body Basics
100

The location of your ears in relation to your nose.

What is and example of Lateral?

100
The largest organ system in the human body.
What is the integumentary system?
100
Another name for ankle bones.
What are tarsals?
100
The three types of muscle.
What are cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle?
100

The body's process of maintaining it's internal stability or balance

What is Homeostasis?

200

Directional terms that are only used with the extremities.

What are Distal and Proximal?

200
Another name for "oil secreting gland"
What is a sebaceous gland?
200
The number of thoracic vertebrae.
What is 12?
200
The functional unit of muscle contraction.
What is the sarcomere?
200

Decreased anxiety, improved mental focus & enhanced sense of well-being, are some

What are Benefits of Manual Therapy?

300
This plane divides your body into left and right halves.
What is the Sagittal Plane?
300
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
300
The area where cranial bones meet.
What is a suture?
300
Type of muscle fiber that is large and produces power, but brief, bursts.
What is fast twitch muscle fiber?
300

The system responsible for breaking down food into useable nutrients & eliminating solid waste from our bodies

What is the Digestive System?

400
Your elbow and knee are examples of this type of joint.
What is a hinge joint?
400
Type of scar that is raised and irregular in appearance.
What is a keloid?
400
Bones can be categorized into these four categories based on shape.
What are long, short, flat, and irregular bones?
400

This end of the muscle does not move when the muscle contracts.

What is the origin?

400

The feedback system where the body's response reinforces/amplifies the original stimulus

What is a Positive Feedback Loop?

500
The part of the skeleton composed of the skull, spinal column, ribs, sternum, and sacrum make up this.
What is the axial skeleton?
500
The tough, fibrous protein that makes up hair and nails.
What is keratin?
500
The action caused by moving your arm in a circular motion.
What is circumduction?
500

The part of a neuron that releases sacs of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft

What is the Symnaptic bulb (end of Axon terminals)?

500

A group of interrelated & interdependent organs working together to accomplish specific functions

What is a Body System?