[ANAT 101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (27 pages long)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Course: ANAT 101
• Professor: Richard Oko

Document Summary

Anatomy: study of the structure of the body and the relationship of its parts. Tissues: arise embryo logically (ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm) and give rise to four types of tissues: epithelial (epidermis, muscular (skeletal, cardiac, and visceral, nervous (neurons and associated cells, connective (bones & cartilage, tendons and ligaments, and blood cells) Organs: when two or more tissues types combine for a particular function. Systems: organs that function cooperatively (11 systems: integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatics, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive. Anatomical position: the standard position a body must be in; erect with feet together, upper limbs hand at the side with palms facing forward (supinate), fingers extended and thumbs pointing out. Prone: lying face down: left and right always refer to the left and right sides of the cadaver and not the observer. Transverse plane: cuts the superior and inferior plane in half. Lining that surrounds the organs is the visceral lining, on the other side is the.