ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LATES CTUAL

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LATES CTUAL

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◉ Thoracic Spine. Answer: Upper back, 12 bones

◉ Lumbar. Answer: Lower back, most immovable of the vertebrae, has five bones

◉ Sacrum. Answer: Back wall of the pelvis, contains five bones

◉ Coccyx. Answer: Tailbone, has four fused bones

◉ Femur. Answer: Largest strongest bone in the body, thigh bone.

◉ Patella. Answer: Knee Cap

◉ Tibia. Answer: Shin bone, weight bearing bone

◉ Fibula. Answer: Small bone in the lower leg

◉ Phalanges. Answer: Bones of the fingers and toes

◉ Scapula. Answer: Shoulder Blade

◉ Humerus. Answer: Proximal bone of the upper arm

◉ Radius. Answer: Lateral bone of the forearm

◉ Ulna. Answer: The medial bone of the forearm

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◉ Carpals. Answer: Eight bones in the wrist

◉ Flexion. Answer: Bending toward the body

◉ Extension. Answer: Straightening away from the body

◉ Ball and Socket joint. Answer: Permits widest range of motion for extension and flexion

◉ Hinged Joint. Answer: Located in elbow, knee and fingers for movement

◉ 206. Answer: Amount of bones in the body

◉ Voluntary Muscle. Answer: Can be contracted or relaxed by the will of the individual, known as skeletal muscle; moves body, produces heat

◉ Involuntary muscle. Answer: Carry out autonomic muscular functions such as the digestive system, also known as smooth muscle; moves substances within body

◉ Cardiac Muscle. Answer: Found in the walls of the heart, a type of involuntary muscle

◉ hematopoietic. Answer: pertaining to the formation of blood cells

◉ red bone marrow. Answer: produces red and white blood cells and platelets

◉ Neurons. Answer: a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system; transmit nerve impulses

◉ Meninges. Answer: three protective layers of tissue between skull and brain; surround the brain and spinal cord

◉ tympanum. Answer: eardrum

◉ olfactory receptor cells. Answer: receive chemicals interpreted as smells

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