Foundations anatomy flashcards

Study the cards, then practice on the patient.

Twenty flashcards on the foundations of anatomy: body terms, homeostasis, chemistry, cells and tissues.

Your progress here is temporary and is lost when you close this page. Install Making Synapses free to keep it, with spaced repetition.

20 cards

What is the anatomical position?: Standing upright, facing forward, arms at the sides, palms forward.
Plane that divides the body into left and right?: Sagittal plane.
Plane that divides the body into front and back?: Frontal (coronal) plane.
What does proximal mean?: Closer to the trunk or to the point of attachment.
Two dorsal body cavities?: Cranial cavity and spinal (vertebral) cavity.
Membrane that lines the abdominal cavity?: Peritoneum.
Most homeostatic loops are which type?: Negative feedback, which reverses a change.
Example of positive feedback?: Oxytocin driving stronger contractions during labor.
Imaging with no ionizing radiation that shows soft tissue best?: MRI.
Main storage form of glucose in the body?: Glycogen, in liver and muscle.
Normal arterial blood pH?: 7.35 to 7.45.
Main cation outside cells?: Sodium.
Main cation inside cells?: Potassium.
What does the sodium-potassium pump do?: Moves 3 sodium out and 2 potassium in, using ATP.
Organelle that makes most ATP?: Mitochondrion.
Where are proteins built?: On ribosomes, using mRNA as the template.
Cell cycle phase when DNA is copied?: S phase.
Four basic tissue types?: Epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous.
Epithelium on the skin surface?: Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium.
Five classic signs of inflammation?: Redness, heat, swelling, pain and loss of function.