Planes
Divides body into anterior/posterior
What is coronal (frontal)
To decrease an angle
What is flexion
This cell maintains bone tissue but does not undergo mitosis
What is osteocyte
The most superficial part of skin
What is the epidermis?
The elbow is what type of joint
What is a hinge joint
Divides body into right and left sides (nonequal)
What is sagittal?
Increase an angle
What is extension
This bone is the lateral malleolus
What is the fibula?
Melanin gives the skin
Which type of movement occurs at the radioulnar joints
What is rotation
Divides body into superior/inferior
What is transverse
Movement of toes toward ceiling (as in standing on your heals)
What is dorsiflexion
A condition of porous bones
What is osteoporosis?
Nociceptors are free nerve endings that respond to
What is pain?
Loss of movement at a joint is
What is ankylosis
plane that runs diagonally
What is oblique
Moving a part of the body away from the midline
What is abduction
Bone that forms the lower jaw
What is the mandible?
Waterproofing (water repelling) substance in the skin
What is keratin?
The type of joint that allows the most range of motion
What is diarthrosis
Divides the body into equal right and left halves?
What is mid-saggital?
Turning the soles of the feet outward
What is eversion
A fracture at the distal end of the lateral forearm
What is a Colle's fracture
Gland that secretes sweat
What is suderiferous?
Freely movable joints are classified as
What is diarthroses