Anatomy Test 4-15
Terms
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copy deck
- same length
- isometric
- only structur of the inner ear concerned with hearing is the
- cochlear duct
- anterior portion of the sclera
- cornea
- fasciculus
- several muscle fibers grouped together into a bundle
- multipolar neruron
- neuron with one axon and several dendrites
- circumduction
- movement of an appendage held completely straight in a circuler motion around a joint
- neuron
- conducting cells of the nervous system
- cerebrospinal fluid is formed in the
- choroid plexuses
- perimysium
- each fasciculus is surrounded by an envelope of fibrous connective tissue
- bleaching
- opening+separation of opsin+retina in the presence of light
- synaptic knobs are located on the
- axons
- Chemoreceptors
- olfactory receptors and taste buds
- axons from the anterior gray horn of the spinal cord terminates in the
- cerebral cortex
- Arbor Vitae
- internal white matter of the cerebellum
- afferent
- sensory
- later ventricles are located in the
- cerebrum
- Cerebrospinal fluid is in the
- subarachnoid space
- auditory tube connects the
- middle ear and the nasopharynx
- same tensoin
- isotonic
- Meninges order
- dura mater, arachnoid membrane, Pia Mater
- Golgi tendon receptors
- are stimulated by excessive muscle contraction
- dendrites
- conduct impulses toward cell body
- hypothalamus
- part of the barin that secretes releasing hromones
- passageway leading to the tympanic membrane is the
- external auditory canal
- epimysium
- the fibers that surrond each muscle
- aeribic traning
- is also called endurance training
- thermoreceptors are activated by
- pressure
- muscles of the quadriceps femoris
- vastus intermeclius, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis
- retina contains microscopic receptor cells
- rods+cones
- adduction
- movement of an appendage medically or toward the body's midline
- limbic system
- emotions
- The Central sulcus divides the
- frontal + parietal lobes
- intrinsic eye muscle
- iris
- simple squamous tissues
- single layer of flay, scalelike cells
- pineal body
- regulates the body's biological clock+produces melatonin
- the larger the diameter of a nerve fiber
- the faster the speed of conduction
- sense organ responsible for balance are in the
- semicircular canals
- 20-200 vision is consisdered
- legally blind
- during a relative refactory period
- Action pontential is possible only in response to very strong stimuli
- first-class levers
- placement of the fulcrum lies between the effort and the resistance
- hypertophy
- increase in muscle size
- refraction
- deflection or bending of light rays
- neurons of the retina
- photoreceptor, bipolar, and ganglion neurons
- retinopathy
- cuased by diabetes
- proprioceptors
- function in relation to movements and body positions
- the white of the eye
- sclera
- free nerve endings
- simplest, most common, most widely distributed sensory receptors
- Anterior spinothalamic tract
- Transmits impluses of crude touch and pressure
- Spinocerebellar tract
- transmits impluses of subconscious kinesthesia
- hyperopia
- farsightedness
- nyctalopia
- night blindness
- chlamydia conjunctivits
- trachoma
- cataracts
- cloudy spots in the eye's lens
- function of the lacrimal glands
- secrete tears
- basement menbrane
- epithelical tissues attached to an underlying layer of connective tissue
- 0-10 law
- chemical teactions occure 2.5times faster for each 1 degree centigrade increase in temp
- encapsulated nerve endings
- pacinian corpuscles
- myopia
- nearsightedness
- Nerve fibers
- axon + dendrites
- motor unit
- group of fasciculi that are bound together
- taste sensations are interperted in the
- cerebral cortex
- neurotransmitters are released in a synapse to bind to
- receptors on the postsynaptic terminal
- synergist
- contracts simultaneus with the prime mover
- parts of the external ear
- auricl and the auditory canal
- kinesiology
- science that explains the movement of levers
- smooth, sustained muscle contraction
- tetanus
- medulla
- joins the brain stem +spinal cord
- pronation
- rotating the hand with the plam downward
- accommodation of the lens for near vision necessitates
- increaed curvature of the lens
- axons of ganglion neurons extend back to the
- optic disc
- the layers of tissue that compose the eyeball
- sclera, choroid, retina
- efferent
- motor
- membrane potential
- difference in electrical charge across a plasma membrane
- supination
- rotation of the hand with palm upward
- a structure of the middle ear
- incus
- falx cerebri separates the
- 2 hemispheres of cerebrum
- muscles of the totator cuff
- infraspinatus, supraspinatus, teres minor
- the neronal pathways of hearing begins at the
- cochlear nerve
- cerebrum
- largest section of the brain
- benign tumor that arises from epithelial tissues
- papilloma
- a discshaped nerve ending that is responsible for discerning light touch
- merkel discs