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LANGUAGE OF ANATOMY
ANATOMICAL POSITION – standard posi9on used to
avoid confusion
- - posi9on regardless of the actual body
posi9on
MAINTAINING LIFE: NECESSARY LIFE FUNCTIONS
ORIENTATIONAL & DIRECTIONAL TERMS
1. MAINTAINING BOUNDARIES – separates
SUPERIOR (cephalic) – upper part; above
“inside” from “outside”
INFERIOR (caudal) -lower part; below
2. MOVEMENT – locomo9on (loc to another)
ANTERIOR (ventral) – in front of
- - Movement of substance
POSTERIOR (dorsal) – behind
3. RESPONSIVENES (irritability) – ability to sense
MEDIAL – midline of the body
change & react
LATERAL – away from the midline of the body
VasoconstricDon - narrowing of blood vessels
INTERMEDIATE – a more medial & more lateral
(taas bp)
SUPERFICIAL (external) – at body surface
VasodilaDon – widening of blood vessels
DEEP (internal) – more internal
(baba bp)
SepDcemia – infec9on in blood
4. DIGESTION – breakdown & absorp9on of
nutrients
5. METABOLISM – chemical reac9ons within the
body
- - Breaks down complex to smaller
molecules
- - Build larger from smaller
molecules
- - Produces ATP
HOMEOSTASIS
– body’s ability to maintain stable internal
condi9ons even though the outside world is
con9nuously changing.
– Homeo – the same; stasis – standing s9ll
PARANASAL SINUSES
- Hollow por9ons of bones surrounding the nasal
cavity
- Func9ons of paranasal sinuses
o Lighten the skull
o Amplify sounds made as we speak
HYOID BONE
- The only bone that does not ar9culate with
another bone
- Serves as a movable base for the tongue
PRIMARY CURVATURES
§ Spinal curvatures of the thoracic and
sacral regions
§ Present from birth
§ Form a C-shaped curvature in
newborns
SECONDARY CURVATURES
§ Spinal curvatures of the cervical and
lumbar regions
§ Develop aper birth
§ Form an S-shaped curvature in adults