Bones | Muscles | Planes | Directional Terms | Abbreviations |
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Name the classifications of bones.
long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones and sesamoid bones
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What are the types of muscles?
Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal
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What is frontal plane ?
a vertical plane that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions.
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What is medial ?
toward the middle
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What is arthr/o ?
joint
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What is epiphysis ?
wide ends of a long bone
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What is skeletal muscle ?
voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton
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What is coronal plane ?
a vertical plane that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions.
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What is lateral ?
toward the side
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What is brachi/o ?
arm
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What is periosteum ?
fibrous, vascular membrane that covers the bone
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What is smooth muscle ?
involuntary muscle found in internal organs
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What is sagittal plane ?
vertical division of the body into right and left portions
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What is promixal ?
toward the beginning or origin of a structure
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What is dactyl/o ?
digit
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What is the shaft of a long bone ?
diaphysis
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What is striated muscle ?
voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton
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What is transverse plane ?
horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions. also known as horizontal plane
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What is caudal ?
situated below another structure, away from head. also known as interior
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What is kyph/o ?
humpback
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What is the cavity within the shaft of the long bones; filled with bone marrow ?
medullary cavity
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What is insertion of a muscle ?
muscle end attached to the bone that moves when the muscle contracts
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What is middsagittal plane ?
vertical division of the body into right and left equal portions
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What is prone ?
lying face down and flat
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What is lord/o ?
bent
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