1.2 Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

man standing upright with thumbs out, face foreward, arms side, toes foreward,

Question 2

prone

Answer 2

laying face down

Question 3

Supine

Answer 3

laying face up

Question 4

Superior (Cranial)

Answer 4

referring to the Upper part of the structure

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Inferior(Caudal)

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away from the upper portion (navel is inferior to chin)

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Anterior (ventral)

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towards upper front part of body (breastbone is anterior/ventral to/of spine)

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posterior (dorsal)

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towards back of the body (heat is posterior to breasbone)

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medial

Answer 8

towards midline

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lateral

Answer 9

away from midline (midline can be objective)

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-Ipsilateral

Answer 10

referring to two items on one side of the structure

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-contralateral

Answer 11

opposite sides of the body/ structure

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proximal

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closer to the origin of the body part/ the point of teh attachment of the limb (elbow proximal to wrist)

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distal

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farther from the origin of the body part or point of the limb to the body trunk. (the knee is distal to the thigh)

Question 14

superficial

Answer 14

towards body durface

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deep

Answer 15

internal or down deep into the body

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coronal plane

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frontal plane divides into anterior and posterior

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sagittal plane

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cuts body in half in median, or parasagittal

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median or midsagittal plane

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cuts right from left

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parasagittal plane

Answer 19

cuts off centered left from right in unewual portions

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transverse plane

Answer 20

horizontl plane/ cutting into superior from inferior planes

Question 21

oblique plane

Answer 21

diagonal plane least used.

Question 22

Body Cavities

Answer 22

holes in the body where we can store our stuff and organs

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Dorsal Cavity

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more posterior cavity that has 2 subdividions seperated by the foremen magnum

Question 24

foremen magnum

Answer 24

the hole at the base of the head that is where the brain exits and the spinal chord begins

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Cranial Cavity

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The superior part of the cavity enclosed by the skull and is surrounded by the membrane called the meninges to protect and containt he brain

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Spinal/ Vertebral Cavity

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The inferior portion of the cavity that the spinal chord is deep within. the meninges also protects this structure aswell.

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Ventral/ Body Cavity

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the more anterior cavity with two parts both seperated by teh diaphragm

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a. Thoracic cavity

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usually contains heart and lungs

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a1. pulmonary cavities

Answer 29

2 of these: is in the chest and each cavity has one lung in it surrounded by the serou membrane

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a2. mediastinum cavity

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the cavity between the pulmonary cavities it usually has the heart, trachea, esophagus, and thymus

Question 31

abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 31

the cavity that contains the liver, tummy, intestines, ect.

Question 32

abdominal cavity

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the superior part of the abdominopelvic cavity that contains the kidneys, digestive organs, ureters, just like the lungs, (also surrounded by the serous membrane

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pelvic cavity

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inferior portion of the abdominopelvic cavity, some of the organs are surrounded by the serous membrane aswell. Some organs are urinary, reproductive, and rectum.

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Abdominopelvic Cavity Quadrants

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the quadrants formed from the umbilical midsagittal along a transverse line.

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Right Upper Quadrent, Left Upper Quadrent, Right Lower Quadrent, Left Lower Quadrent

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the four quadrents of the abdominopelvic cavity

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Abdomnopelvic Regions I

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Right hypochondriac region

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Abdominopelvic Region II

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Epiglastric region

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Adbominopelvic Region III

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Left Hypochondriac Region

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Abdominopelvic Region IV

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Right Lumbar Region

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Abdominoelvic Region V

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Umbilical Region

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Abdominal Region VI

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Left Lumbar region

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Abdominopelvic Region VII

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Right Inguinal Region

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Abdominopelvic Region VIII

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Hypogastric (pubic) Region

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Abdominopelvic Region IX

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Left inguinal Region

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Serous Membrane

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Slippery membrane that surrounds organs and is made epitherial tissue(also called serosa)

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Parietal layer

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The outter layer of the membrane that is the furthest from the organ it is protecting.

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Visceral layer

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teh innermost layer of the membrane that sticks to the organ it protects

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serous CAVITY

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the space between the two previous cavities that is usually filled with serous fluid.

Question 49

Parietal Percardium

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the membrane which is the outtermost portion of the membrane. the visceral percardium adheres directly to the surface of the heart AND the lungs

Question 50

Peritoneal membrane

Answer 50

the name of the serous membrane that covers the abdominal organs it is also called the pretoneum fluid