Unit 6 Vocabulary

study of form or structure of all living things

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(what the body, parts and systems ARE)

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​anatomy

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​study of how living things function or work

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(what the body, parts and systems DO)

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​physiology

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​vertical plane running from front to back, divides the body into right and left sections

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​sagittal

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​(coronal) vertical plane cuts vertically through both shoulders, divides the body into front and back

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​frontal

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​(horizontal) divides the body into top and bottom

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​transverse

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​(above transverse) closer to the head

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​superior

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​(below transverse) away from the head

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​inferior

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​toward the midline of the body

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​medial

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​away from the midline of the body

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​lateral

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​closer to the trunk

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​proximal

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​away from the trunk

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​distal

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​toward the surface of the body

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​superficial

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​away from the surface of the body

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​deep

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​fluid made in the liver, stored in the gallbladder, helps with digestion of fats

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​bile

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​acidic semi-fluid of partly digested food, moves from the stomach to the small intestines

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​chyme

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​two top chambers of the heart

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​atria

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​two bottom chambers of the heart

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​ventricles

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​80 bones within the central core of the body,

includes: skull, vertebral column, ribs

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​axial skeleton

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​126 bones that support body appendages

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​appendicular skeleton

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​cord of strong, flexible tissue that connect muscles to bones so limbs can move

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​tendon

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​fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone, holds structures together and keeps them stable

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​ligaments

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​made up of the brain and spinal cord

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​central nervous system

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​consists of nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body

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​peripheral nervous system

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​extended part of a nerve cell that transmits messages from the cell body

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​axon

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​extension of a nerve cell that conducts impulses from the cell body

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​dendrite

Multiple Choice

divides body into top and bottom horizontally

• sagittal

• frontal

• transverse

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closer to the head

(above transverse)

• superior

• inferior

• medial

• distal

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vertical plane cuts vertically through both shoulders

(front/back sections)

• sagittal

• frontal

• transverse

Multiple Choice

away from the head

(below transverse)

• superior

• inferior

• deep

• distal

Multiple Choice

toward the midline of the body

• medial

• inferior

• deep

• distal

Multiple Choice

vertical plane running from front to back

(right/left sections)

• sagittal

• frontal

• transverse

Multiple Choice

away the midline of the body

• medial

• superficial

• deep

• lateral

Multiple Choice

closer to the trunk

• medial

• superficial

• proximal

• distal

Multiple Choice

towards the surface of the body

• medial

• superficial

• deep

• distal

Multiple Choice

away from the surface of the body

• medial

• superficial

• deep

• distal

Multiple Choice

away from the trunk

• medial

• superficial

• deep

• distal

Match

Match the following

• part of nerve that conducts impulses

• part of nerve that transmits messages

• brain and spinal cord

• connect brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body

dendrite

axon

central nervous system

peripheral nervous system

• dendrite

• axon

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

Match

Match the following terms

• divides the body into front and back

• divides the body into right and left sections

• studies what the body parts and systems DO

• studies what the body parts and systems ARE

frontal

sagittal

physiology

anatomy

• frontal

• sagittal

• physiology

• anatomy

Match

Match the following

• fluid that helps digest fats

• mixture that moves from stomach to small intestines

• bones in central core of body

• bones in appendages

bile

chyme

axial skeleton

appendicular skeleton

• bile

• chyme

• axial skeleton

• appendicular skeleton

Match

Match the following terms

• away from the surface of the body

• toward the surface fo the body

• closer to the trunk

• away from the trunk

• away from the midline of the body

deep

superficial

proximal

distal

lateral

• deep

• superficial

• proximal

• distal

• lateral

Match

Match the following terms

• toward the midline of the body

• away from the head

• closer to the head

• divides body into top and bottom

• divides the body into back and front

medial

inferior

superior

transverse

frontal

• medial

• inferior

• superior

• transverse

• frontal

Match

Match the following

• 2 top chambers of the heart

• 2 bottom chambers of the heart

• connect muscles to bones

• attaches bone to bone

atria

ventricles

tendon

ligament

• atria

• ventricles

• tendon

• ligament