Anatomical Position
The body is upright, directly facing the observer, feet flat and directed forward. The upper limbs are at the body's sides with the palms facing forward.
What is anatomical position.
The longest bone in the body.
What is the femur.
Decreases the angle between two body parts.
What is flexion?
Two halves of the brain.
What are hemispheres?
The control system that acts largely unconsciously and regulates bodily functions, such as the heart rate, digestion, respiratory rate, pupillary response, urination, and reproduction.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The front of a body or body part.
What is anterior.
Phalanges
Increases the angle of two body parts.
What is extension?
This "pale" part of the brain connects to the brain stem and spinal column.
What is white matter?
The brain and the spinal cord.
What are the parts of the central nervous system?
The rear of a body or body part.
What is posterior.
Frontal, occipital, parietal, temporal, mandible and maxilla.
What are the main bones of the skull.
Muscle with two branches in the upper arm.
What is the biceps?
The midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata.
What are the parts of the brain stem?
Axon, dendrites, cell body, myelin sheath.
What are parts of a neuron.
"Higher than" in anatomical language.
What is superior?
The bones of the lower arm.
What are the radius and ulna?
Intercostal muscles.
What are the muscles between the ribs?
Arachnoid mater, pia mater, dura mater.
What are the outer linings of the brain?
Cerebrospinal fluid.
What is the fluid around the brain and spinal column?
Moving away from the body midline, or a name for kidnapping.
What is abduction.
The ilium, ischium, pubis, sacrum and coccyx.
What are the bones of the pelvis (hip)
Muscle of the lower leg, insertion in the heel bone (calcaneus), origin at the base of the femur. Raises the heel.
What is the gastrocnemius?
The occipital lobe, frontal lobe, parietal lobe and temporal lobe.
What are the parts of the cerebrum?
Meningitis.
What is an infection of the brain covering?