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| contains collagenous fibers, providing the cushion between the vertebrae of the spinal column as well as the mating surface for the temporomandibular joint between the lower jaw and the skull. |
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| Yellow (elastic) cartilage |
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| less collagen endowed rather with elastic fibers, it is found in the pinna, nose and epiglotis |
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| the fluid component of blood is called plasma and blood cells are suspended in this matrix (making it a connective tissue) |
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| the hardest connective tissue |
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| characterized microscopically by its lamellar or sheetlike structure |
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| contains the marrow that produces red and white blood cells as well as the blood plasma matrix |
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| responsible for production of the extracellular matrix, so are able to synthesize and secrete protein and wound repair |
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| important class of healing connective tissue. responsible for the collection of waste or necrotic (dead) tissue. |
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| arise from bone marrow and are stimulated to proliferate within lymph tissue by the presence of foreign matter. generate and secrete antibodies to defend against the viral attack |
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| arise from bone marrow but end up in thymus, proliferation is stimulated by viruses and their job is to seek and destroy viral agents. |
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| found in loose connective tissues and some organs. provide "first response" to irritation and inflammtion. |
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| specialized contractile tissue |
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| striped appearance on microscopic examination, it is the muscle used to move skeletal structures, can be moved in response to conscious, voluntary processes |
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| includes a muscular tissue of the digestive tract and blood vessels, sheetlike with spindle-shaped cells. outside of voluntary control. |
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| composed of cells that interconnect in a net-like fashion, outside of voluntary control |
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| highly specialized communicative tissue, consists of neurons. supposed to transmit information from one neuron to another, from neruons to muscles of from sensory receptors to other neural structures |
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| tissue of the body with functional utility |
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| surrounds organs, being a sheetlike membrane that may be either dense of filmy, thin or thick |
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| the sheath surrounding muscle bundles |
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| fibrous connective tissue connecting bones or cartilage |
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| bind organs together or hold structures in place |
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| provide a means of attaching muscle to bone or cartilage |
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study of the form of a structure without regard to function
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| when the tendon is sheetlike. |
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| germinal cell of connective tissue |
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| the class of joints of the skeletal system that permits maximum mobility |
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| the class of joints of the skeletal system that permit limited movement |
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| The class of joints of the skeletal system that permit no movement |
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| joints that are connected by fibrous tissue |
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| joints in which cartilage serves to connect two bones |
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| a type of diarthrodial joint that has encapsulated fluid as a cushion |
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| joints are bound by fibrous ligaments but have little movement |
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| joints between bones of the skull that are not intended to move at all |
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| gains its strength from the jagged edge that mates the 2 bones together. usually between two parietal bones, |
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| two mating bones actually overlap in a "keying" formation |
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| hole-and-peg arrangement, (a socket and tooth is on such joint) |
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| simply the direct union of two edges of bone. |
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| joint in which cartilage serves to connect to bones. |
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| the cartilaginous union is maintained as in the junction of the manubrium sterni and the corpus sterni |
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| found between the pubic bones or between the disks of the vertebral column |
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| the fluid within a synovial joint |
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| joint that includes some form of joint cavity within synovial fluid is found. |
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| the fibrous connective tissue covering of a synovial joint |
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| gliding joints, those in which the mating surfaces of the bone are more or less flat |
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| spheroid or ctyloid joints |
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| reciprocal in nature, one member of the union has a convex portion that mates with a concave portion of the other member |
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| a shallow ball-and-socket joint with limited mobility |
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| a shallow ball-and-socket joint in which the convex and concave elements are elliptical in shape |
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| trochoid joint (pivot joint) |
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| a joint consisting of a process and fossa permiting only rotation |
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| Sellar joint (saddle joint) |
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| one member of the saddle joint is convex like a saddle while the other concave member "sits" on the saddle. |
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| a joint that acts like a hinge, permitting only flexion and extension |
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| sheath of connective tissue around skeletal muscle |
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| the point of attachment of the least mobile element |
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| the point of attachment that moves as a result of muscle contraction |
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| muscle contacted for purpose of a specific motor act |
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| a muscle that opposrs the contraction of another muscle |
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| muscles that stabilize structures |
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| stimulation by means of a nerve |
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| carrying toward a central location; generally sensory nerve impulses |
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| carrying away from a central point |
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| consists of one efferent nerve fiber and the muscle fibers to which it attaches |
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| a functionally defined group of organs |
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| the anatomical system that includes smooth, striated, and cariac muscle |
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| the anatomical system that includes the bones and cartilages that make up the body |
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| the physical system involved in respiration including lungs, bronchial, passageway, trachea, larynx, pharynx, oral cavity, and nasal cavity. |
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| oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, liver, intestines, and associated glands. |
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| production and dissemination of hormones so it includes glands such as the thyroid gland, testes, and ovries |
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| includes the nerve tissue and structures of the central and peripheral nervous systems that are responsible for muscle control and sensory function |
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| the system including the laryngeal structures through which phonation is achieved |
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| in speech science, the system of structures involved in shaping the oral cavity for production of the sounds of speech |
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| the portion of the vocal tract through which the acoustical product of vocal fold vibration resonates (usually the oral, pharyngeal, and nasal cavities combined; sometimes referring only to the nasal cavities and nasopharynx |
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| the study of the structure of an organism |
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| the study of the function of the living organisms and its parts as well as the chemical process involved |
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| the application of anatomical study for the diagnosis and treatment of disease particularly as it relates to surgical procedure |
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| descrpitive/systematic anatomy |
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| description of individual parts of the body without reference to disease condition the body is a composite of systems that function together |
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| studies structures visible with out the aide of microscopy |
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| examines structures not visible to the naked eye |
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| study of the form and structures of the surface of the body especially with reference to the organs beneath the surface |
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| the development of the organisms from conception to adulthood |
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| study of parts of the body with respect to the pathological entity |
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| study of homologous structures of different animals |
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| the study of electrical phenomena associated with cellular physiology |
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| evoked auditory potentials |
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| auditory electrophysiological procedures that measure the electrical activity of the brain caused by auditory stimuli |
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| concerned with all processes involved in breathing |
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| the discipline that examines structure and function of cells |
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| the microscopic study of cells and tissues |
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| the study of structure and function of bones |
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| examines muscle form and function |
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| studies the joints that unite the bones |
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| the study of blood vessels and the lymphatic system |
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| study of the nervous system |
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| region represented externally as the anterior abdominal wall |
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| is made up of the thorax and abdomen |
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| the area of the hip bones |
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| 2 components of the skull |
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| cranial portion, facial part |
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| part of the skull that houses the brain and its components |
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| part of the skull that houses the mouth, pharynx, nasal cavity and structures related to the upper airway and mastication |
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| the arms- shouler to elbow |
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| thigh, leg, ankle, and foot |
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| the body is erect and the palms, arms and hands, face forward |
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| head and trunk, spinal column is the axis |
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| includes the upper and lower limbs |
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| neuraxis /axis of the brain |
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| the axis of the nervous system representing the embryonic brain axis |
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| divides the body into front and back halves |
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| if you cut the body into left and right halves |
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| any cut that divides the body into left and right portions and the cut is in the sagittal plane |
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| divides body into front and back halves |
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| refers to the front surface of a body |
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| pertaining to the belly or anterior surface |
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| pertaining to the back of the body of distal |
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| means its close tot the axis of the body |
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| above, farther from the ground |
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| below, closer to the ground |
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| nearest to the point of attachment or some point of reference, "approximate" |
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| bending at a joint usually toward the ventral surface usually results in two ventral surfaces coming closer together |
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| opposite of flexion, pulling two ends further apart. |
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| flexion that brings dorsal surfaces into closer proximity |
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| stimulation of the sole of the foot causes the toes of the feet to "grasp" |
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| turning the sole of your foot inward |
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| the palm of the hand the ventral (flexor) surface |
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| to place in the prone position the plamar surface is directed inferiory (prone position one if lying on his or her stomach or ventral surface) |
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| rotating the hand so the palmar surface is directed superorly |
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| lightly stimulationg the palm of the hand |
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| epithelial,connective, muscular, nervous |
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| the super ficial (outer) layer of mucous membranes and the cells constituting the skin |
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| hairlike protrusions that actively beat to remove contimints from the epithelial surface |
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| baseplate/basement membrane |
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| made of collage underlies epithelial tissue may act as a filter or stabalize the epithelial tissue |
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| composed predominantly of intercellular material, matrix, with in which the cells of connective tissue are bound may be solid, liquid or gel-like |
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| (loose connective tissue) is supportive in nature found between muscles and as a thin membranous sheet between organs |
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| areolar tissue that is highly impregnated with fat cells |
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| specialized tissue found in tonsils and adenoids |
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| binds structures together and may contain combinations of fiber types |
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| tissue is stong, dens and highly organized |
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| tissue is found where connective tissue must return to its original shape after being distended |
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| unique proproties of strength and elasticity |
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| keeps fibers from easily separated when pulled |
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| lets cartilage retain its form by being resistant to crushing compressing forces |
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