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Terminology and Bone
Challange #1 Tuesday class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ribs | Costal |
| Portion of the Thoracic cavity occupying the area between the lungs | Mediastinal |
| Between the ribs and hips | Lumbar |
| Between the sacrum and pelvic bone | Sacroiliac |
| Heel | Calcaneal |
| Calf area | Sural |
| Hip region | Coxal |
| Leg | Crural |
| Top of foot | Dorsum |
| Great Toe | Hallux |
| Bottom Surface of sole of foot | Plantar |
| Posterior aspect of Knee | Popliteal |
| Cheek | Buccal |
| Neck area | Cervical |
| Chin | Mental |
| Posterior Neck | Nuchal |
| Eye | Orbital |
| Ear | Otic |
| Forearm | Antebrachial |
| Front of elbow | Antecubital |
| Armpit | Axillary |
| Upper Arm | Brachial |
| Elbow | Cubital |
| Thumb | Hallux |
| Synonymous with Superficial | Peripheral |
| Pertaining to the front | Anterior |
| Pertaining to the back | Posterior |
| Situated above or toward the head | Superior |
| Situated below or toward the tail | Inferior |
| Oriented toward the midline | Medial |
| Oriented farther from the midline | Lateral |
| Related to the Same side of the body | Homolateral |
| Related to the Opposite sides of the body | Contralateral |
| Nearer to the point of reference, usually toward the trunk | Proximal |
| Farther from the point of reference | Distal |
| Pertaining to the outside surface or perphery | Superficial |
| Thin and soft pliable sheets of tiusse that cover the body | Membranes |
| Cutaneous Membranes | Cover enter Service of the body |
| Mucous Membranes | Line openings to outside of the body |
| Serous Membranes | Line closed body cavities that do not open to the outside of the body |
| Synovial Membranes | Lining the joing cavities of freely moving joints |
| Study of the structures of the human body and their relationship to one another | Anatomy |
| Study of how the body and its idividual parts function in a normal body processes | Physiology |
| Constancy of the body's internal enviornment | Homeostasis |
| Total of all physical and chemical processes that occur in an organism and result in growth... | Metabolism |
| Biochemistry | Chemical |
| Cells | Cellular |
| Groups of cells | Tissue |
| two or more groups of Tissues | Organ |
| Several groups of Tiusses | Organism |
| Unit of all living organism and its simplest form of life | cell |
| Runs longitudinally down the body | Midsagittal or Median Plane |
| Parallel to the Median plane | Sagittal Plane |
| runs side to side on the body | Frontal or Coronal Plane |
| runs Superior and inferior on the body | Transverse or Horizontal Plane |
| Back (Posterior) | Dorsal Cavity |
| Front (Anterior) | Vental Cavity |