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Anatomy and Physiology RECAP - Muscular, Nervous, and Circulatory Systems
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10/01/2019

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EXTENSORS
Definition
muscles that straighten the wrist, hand, and fingers to form a straight line
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ARTERIES
Definition
thick-walled, muscular, flexible tubes carrying oxygenated blood away from the heart
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BRAIN
Definition
the largest and most complex organization of nerve tissue that controls sensation, the muscles, glandular activity, and the power to think, sense, and feel
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EPICRANIUS
Definition
broad muscle that covers the top of the skull and consists of the occipitalis and frontalis
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CERVICAL
Definition
nerves that affect the side of the neck
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BLOOD
Definition
its chief function is to carry water, oxygen, and food to all cells and tissues of the body
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ORBICULARIS OCULI
Definition
ring muscle of the eye
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SENSORY NERVES
Definition
the nerve where touch, cold, heat, sight, sound, taste, smell, pain, and pressure are experienced
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CAPILLARIES
Definition
responsible for bringing nutrients to the cells and carry away waste materials
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FLEXOR DIGITI MINIMI
Definition
muscle that moves the little toe
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NERVES
Definition
whitish cords that are made up of bundles of nerve fibers, and are held together by connective tissue, through which impulses are transmitted
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PARIETAL
Definition
artery that supplies blood to the sides and crown of the head
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SUPINATOR
Definition
muscle of the forearm that rotates the radius outward and the palm upward
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REFLEX
Definition
an automatic reaction to a stimulus that involves the movement of an impulse from a sensory receptor
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ULNER ARTERY
Definition
supplies blood to the little-finger 0f the arm and palm of the hand
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LATISSIMUS
Definition
large, flat, triangular muscle covering the lower back
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MOTOR NERVES
Definition
nerves that carry impulses from the brain to the muscles or glands
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BLOOD VESSELS
Definition
tube-like structures that include the arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins
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O
B
I
Definition
part of the muscle that does not move and is closet to the skeleton is ORIGIN

middle part of the muscle is the BELLY

part of the muscle furthest away from the skeleton is the INSERTION
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SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE
Definition
the chief motor nerve of the face
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VEINS
Definition
a cup-like valves that keeps blood flowing in one direction to the heart and prevents blood from flowing backward
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SCIATIC NERVE
Definition
the largest and longest nerve in the body
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80%
Definition
percentage of water contained in blood
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MUSCULAR
Definition
body system that covers, shapes, holds, the skeletal system in place
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CIRCULATORY
Definition
body system that consists of the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries
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NERVOUS
Definition
body system responsible for controlling and coordinating all other systems of the body and makes them work harmoniously and efficiently
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