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A&P- Ch. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What deals with the form and structures of the body and it's parts? | Anatomy |
| What deals with the function of the body and it's parts? | Physiology |
| What is the anatomy of structures so small that a microscope is required to view them clearly? | Microscopic |
| What is the anatomy that deals with body parts large enough to be seen with the unaided eyes such as organs, muscles, and bones? | Macroscopic |
| What is the study of the individual systems of the body? | Systemic |
| What is the study of the individual areas or "regions" of the body? | Regional |
| Bones and joints | Skeletal |
| Skin, hair, nails, and hooves | Integumentary |
| Central Nervous System (CNS) and peripheral nerves | Nervous |
| Heart and blood vessels | Cardiovascular |
| Lungs and air passageways | Respiratory |
| Gastrointestinal (GI) tube and accessory digestive organs | Digestive |
| Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle | Muscular |
| Organs of general and special sense | Sensory |
| Endocrine glands and hormones | Endocrine |
| Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra | Urinary |
| Male and female reproductive structures | Reproductive |
| What refers to the area towards the spine? | Dorsal |
| What refers to the area towards the belly? | Ventral |
| What plane of reference divides animals into right and left halves? | Sagittal plane |
| What plane of reference divides animals into equal right and left halves? | Median plane |
| What plane of reference divides animals into cranial and caudal halves? | Transverse plane |
| What plane of reference divides animals into dorsal and ventral halves? | Dorsal plane |
| Individual's left | Left |
| Individual's right | Right |
| Toward the head of the body | Cranial |
| Toward the tail of the body | Caudal |
| Toward the tip of the nose (on the head only) | Rostral |
| Toward the median plane | Medial |
| Away from the medial plane | Lateral |
| Toward the center (whole body or part) | Deep |
| Toward the surface (whole body or part) | Superficial |
| Toward the body (extremity only) | Proximal |
| Away from the body (extremity only) | Distal |
| "Back" of forelimb distal to carpus | Palmar |
| "Back" of hindlimb distal to tarsus | Plantar |
| "Front" of forelimb and hindlimb distal to carpus and tarpus | Dorsal |
| The "wrist" | Carpus |
| The "ankle" or hock | Tarsus |
| The knee | Stifle |
| Large bone in the upper portion of the front limb | Humerus |
| Small bone in the lower portion of the front limb that makes the point of the elbow | Ulna |
| First vertebrae in the back bone | Atlas |
| Second vertebrae in the back bone | Axis |
| Proximal to the carpus and tarsus, the front of back aspects of the legs are called? | Cranial and caudal |
| What is the idea that the left and right halves of animals' bodies are essentially mirror images of each other? | Bilateral Symmetry |
| What contains the brain and spinal cord and subdivides into the cranial cavity and spinal cavity? | Dorsal body cavity |
| What contains most of the soft organs (viscera) of the body and subdivides into the thoracic and abdominal cavities? | Ventral body cavity |
| What is the thin membrane that lines the organs in the thoracic cavity? | Visceral pleura |
| What is the thin membrane that lines the thoracic cavity? | Parietal pleura |
| What is the thin membrane that lines the organs of the abdominal cavity? | Visceral peritoneum |
| What is the thin membrane that lines the abdominal cavity? | Parietal peritoneum |
| Specific to the abdominal cavity | Peritoneum |
| Specific to the thoracic cavity | Pleura |
| What are the basic functional unit of all life and are generally specialized in nature? | Cells |
| When specialized cells group together to do the same job | Tissue |
| What is a group of tissues that works together for a common purpose? | Organs |
| What is a group of organs that have a common set of activities? | System |
| Cells that cover body systems | Epithelial |
| Holds body together and gives it support | Connective |
| Moves the body both inside and out | Muscle |
| Transmits information around the body and controls body functions | Nervous |
| What separates the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity? | Diaphragm |
| What is the state of normal anatomy and physiology? | Health |
| What is the maintenance of a dynamic equilibrium in the body? ("as things change they stay the same") | Homeostasis |
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