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Anatomy Vocab #3
Anatomy/Physiology Vocabulary Words 51-75
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A type of body structure in which bisection through the vertebral column and the breast bone results in two halves which are mirror images of each other. | Bilateral Symmetry |
The ability to see an object with both eyes simultaneously. | Binocular Vision |
The chemistry of the tissues; physiological chemistry. | Biochemistry |
The region of the retina that is insensitive to light because it has no rods and cones. | Blind Spot |
The circulating tissue of the body. | Blood |
The smallest of the blood solids, which aid in the formation of a blood clot. | Blood Platelets |
The pressure exerted by flowing blood on the walls of an artery. | Blood Pressure |
A ball of food which passes along the digestive canal. | Bolus |
A relatively hard, porous substance containing a high percentage of calcium and phosphorus salts. | Bone |
The fatty tissue lying within the central cavity of much of the osseous tissue. | Bone Marrow |
The gas law which deals with the relation of pressure to volume of a gas. | Boyle's Law |
The part of the central nervous system contained within the cranium of the skull. | Brain |
Structurally, the lowest part of the brain. It is composed of the pons, midbrain (thalamus and hypothalamus) and the medulla oblongata. | Brain Stem |
Movement of small particles which results from their bombardment by smaller invisible particles. | Brownian Movement |
An action made by any substance in a fluid tending to decrease the change in hydrogen ion concentration. | Buffering |
A sac of fluid between the bones of a joint. | Bursae |
An inflammation of a bursae, frequently accompanied by the formation of calcium salts in the cavity. | Bursitis |
Any thickening of a tissue resulting from the normal growth of cells. | Callus |
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1,000 grams of water one degree centigrade. | Calorie |
A device to measure heat production. | Calorimeter |
A minute blood vessel that arises from an artery and joins with other small vessels to form a vein. | Capillary |
A chemical compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio of 2:1 | Carbohydrate |
A branching, lightly striated type of muscle found only in the heart. | Cardiac Muscle |
A flexible supporting tissue composed of a nonliving matrix within which are the living cartilage cells. | Cartilage |
Those processes occurring with living cells that result in the breaking down of protoplasm and the release of energy. | Catabolism |