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Anatomy CW
Anatomy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name for the space between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor | ABDOMINAL CAVITY |
| Phagocytes in the skin. | LANGERHANS |
| Cytoplasmic extensions from lacunae that form long, slender passageways in bone matrix | CANALICULI |
| This cartilage pads the knees. | FIRBOCARTILAGE |
| Growth from the inside out | INTERSTITIAL |
| skin layer where all the blood vessels are | PAPILLARY |
| Glands that make you stinky | SUPORIFEROUS |
| Peach fuzz hair | VELLUS |
| Expanded areas at the ends of a long bone | EPIPHYSES |
| Name for small needle-like or flat pieces of bone | TRABECULAE |
| Ossification process that begins with cartilage | ENDOCHONDRAL |
| Small, rounded articular process at the end of a bone | CONDYLE |
| Directional term used to indicate the front or belly side of the body | VENTRAL |
| Loose connective tissue deep to the dermis | HYPODERMIS |
| Membrane with a fibrous outer layer and cellular inner layer that covers all bones | PERIOSTEUM |
| A shallow depression in a bone; often used for articulation | FOSSA |
| Immature, matrix producing bone cell | OSTEOBLAST |
| Narrow band of epidermis at the proximal border of a nail; also known as the cuticle | EPONYCHIUM |
| Layer of the epidermis found only in thick skin | STRATUM LUCIDUM |
| The elbow is ___ to the wrist | PROXIMAL |
| The outermost layer of skin that provides a protective shield. | EPIDERMIS |
| Another name for a cross section | TRANSVERSE |
| The body's most abundant epithelial cells that dominate the epidermis | KERATINOCYTES |
| Mitotically active bone stem cells are said to be ___. | OSTEOGENIC |
| This is a dead layer | CORNEUM |
| The round depression in your ox coxae | Acetabulum |
| Short, narrow stalks that form the sides of the vertebral foramen | Pedicles |
| It is filled with tiny holes that help during smelling (2 words) | Cribriform plate |
| Crosswise projections on vertebra | Transverse processes |
| The movement needed to dribble a basketball. | Pronation |
| This Crystal Sail anchors the brain to the cranium | crista galli |
| These type of joints can be found between ribs and the sternum | Synchondroses |
| Crescent shaped discs of fibrocartilage that separates and cushions the articulating surfaces of bones | Menisci |
| The large, thick and curved process of the ulna projecting behind the elbow joint | Olecranon |
| Vertical projections that originate on either side of the body of the sphenoid bone. | Pterygoid processes |
| Strong wrapping that makes up the outer portion of intervertebral discs | Anulus Fibrosus |
| The type of muscle that starts out broad and narrows is | convergent |
| A strap-like muscle that helps flex the thigh | Sartorius |
| External and internal obliques are muscles of the ____ _____. | ABDOMINAL WALL |
| A group of three muscles that form the buttocks | GLUTEAL |
| Prime mover of scapula in protraction; holds the scapula to the chest wall | SERRATUS ANTERIOR |
| Dorsiflexes and inverts the foot | TIBIALIS ANTERIOR |
| These muscles enable you to move the legs laterally as if doing the splits | ABDUCTORS |
| A nurse would stick the needle into this muscle that abducts the arm to deliver a vaccine | DELTOID |
| Large flat almost triangular shaped muscle that covering the lower part of the back | LATISSIMUS DORSI |
| A thigh flexor | ILIOPSOAS |
| A muscle attached to the Achilles tendon | SOLEUS |
| Pit bulls are known for this muscle | MASSETER |
| Muscle group that extend the thigh and flexes the knee | HAMSTRINGS |
| Pushing your head up as high as it will go is the responsibility of this muscle, the antagonist of the sternocleidomastoids | SPLENIUS |
| Synergises with the biceps brachii to flex the elbow | BRACHIALIS |
| Lowers the lip and opens the mouth by depressing the mandible | PLATYSMA |
| Three groups of muscle that extends the vertebral column and and flexes it laterally | ERECTOR SPINAE |
| Opera singers have a really strong one for expanding their thorax | DIAPHRAGM |
| Superficial muscle on the posterior compartment of the leg that plantar flexes the foot and assists with flexing the knee | GASTROCNEMIUS |
| This type of muscle resembles a leaf | PENNATE |
| Formed by the fusion of dorsal and ventral roots | SPINAL NERVE |
| These nerves integrate you and the world around you | AFFERENT |
| Connection between the third and fourth ventricles | CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT |
| This cranial nerve helps you visually follow a bouncing ball. | OCULOMOTOR |
| The primary somatosensory cortex. | POSTCENTRAL GYRUS |
| This nerve seems to wander everywhere | VAGUS |
| Really deep valleys | FISSURES |
| The point-for-point correspondence of an area of the body to a specific point on the central nervous system | SOMATOTOPY |
| These are filled with fluid | VENTRICLES |
| The singular form of meninges | MENINX |
| Contain the thalamus and the hypothalamus and is the link between the cerebrum and the brain stem | DIENCEPHALON |
| The largest of the cranial nerves. | TRIGEMINAL |
| Structure lined with ependymal cells that produces cerebrospinal fluid | CHOROID PLEXUS |
| Nerve that handles sensory information pertaining to hearing and balance. | VESTIBULOCOCHLIAR |
| The large bundle of axons connecting the two cerebral hemispheres | CORPUS CALLOSUM |
| Shallow valleys of the brain. | SULCI |
| Located on the ventral surface of the midbrain, they are the 'little feet of the cerebrum' which contain the corticospinal tracts | CEREBRAL PEDUNCLES |
| Meaning a "horse's tail" it's the term used to describe the group of spinal nerves extending below the distal end of the spinal cord | CAUDA EQUINA |
| Collective name for the two pairs of sensory nuclei found on the dorsal midbrain surface | CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA |
| Extensions of pia mater that help hold the spinal cord in place. | DENTICULATE•LIGAMENTS |
| Together with the globus pallidus forms they lentiform nucleus. | PUTAMEN |
| Crossing over of tracts leaving brain to the other side of the body before reaching their destination | DECUSSATION |
| Term used to indicates the that each cerebral hemisphere has some abilities that are not ordinarily performed by the opposite hemisphere. | LATERALIZATION |
| These cells are the policemen of the CNS | MICROGLIA |
| Term used to describe the branching tree-like pattern of white matter in the cerebellum | ARBOR•VITAE |
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