Anatomy and physiology #1
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- Anatomical term pertaining to the lower end of the body.
- Caudal
- The process of absorption, storage and use of foods for body growth, maintenance, and repair.
- Metabolism
- The cell is made up of.
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1.Plasma membrane
2.Nucleus
3.Cytoplasm - The cell contains how many chromosomes.
- 46
- What has been termed the secret of life.
- Protoplasm
- What type of tissue acts as a reservoir for energy-producing foods, helps reduce heat loss,serves as support for various organs and fragile structures such as the kidneys.
- Adipose
- What substance contained in the bone provides for its strength and hardness.
- Calcium
- The pelvic bones would be classified as what type of bones.
- Irregular
- The vomer bone is located where.
- Nose
- What bone forms the forehead,contains the frontal sinuses and helps form the eye socket and nasal cavity.
- Frontal
- What is the first cervical vertebrae which supports the head.
- Atlas
- The three innominate bones are firmly united into one bone to form a cup like structure called.
- Acetabulum, located at the hip
- Prominence located at the distal end of the fibula forms the outer ankle and is called.
- Lateral malleolus
- Moving an extremity away from the body is known as.
- Abduction
- In joints, one surface moving over another without any rotary or angular motion is called
- Gliding
- Turning outward as in turning the sole of the foot to the outside would be termed.
- Eversion
- What gives muscles a certain firmness, or a continued state of partial contraction.
- Tonicity
- What is the longest muscle of the body.
- Sartorius
- What muscle is the site of choice for massive intramuscular injections.
- Gluteus maximus
- The clear,pale,yellow liquid portion of blood after coagulation.
- Blood serum
- What is the life span of a red blood cell.
- 100 to 120 days
- What is referred to as the grave yard for old and worn red blood cells.
- Spleen
- What is the normalwhite blood cell count per cubic millimeter of blood.
- 6000 to 8000
- Condition when the kidneys fail to remove waste products from the blood.
- Uremia