A&P- Lab 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Anatomical position

Answer 1

feet on floor, eyes facing forward, palms forward

Question 2

sagittal plane

Answer 2

vertical plane that divides body into equal left and right halves

Question 3

midsagittal plane

Answer 3

divides exactly in midline portion of body into equal right and left halves

Question 4

parasagittal plane

Answer 4

unequal division of left and right halves

Question 5

transverse plane

Answer 5

divides body horizontally (superior and inferior parts)

Question 6

anterior

Answer 6

anything towards the front or belly

Question 7

ventral

Answer 7

anything towards belly

Question 8

posterior

Answer 8

anything towards the back

Question 9

dorsal

Answer 9

back (ex. the spinal cord is dorsal towards the heart

Question 10

superior

Answer 10

towards the head

Question 11

inferior

Answer 11

towards the feet

Question 12

medial

Answer 12

points horizontal towards midline

Question 13

lateral

Answer 13

points horizontal away from midline

Question 14

proximal

Answer 14

closer to the body of the trunk

Question 15

distal

Answer 15

farther from the trunk

Question 16

superficial

Answer 16

closer to body’s surface (i.e. skin)

Question 17

deep

Answer 17

further from body’s surface

Question 18

prone

Answer 18

face down on belly

Question 19

supine

Answer 19

lying on back w/ face up

Question 20

axial region

Answer 20

head, neck, truck (waste up)

Question 21

what are 2 sections of axial regions?

Answer 21

thoratic and abdominal

Question 22

thoratic

Answer 22

chest (above ribcage)

Question 23

abdominal

Answer 23

below diaphram

Question 24

appendicular region

Answer 24

upper limbs/lower limbs

Question 25

brachium

Answer 25

elbow/shoulder

Question 26

anti-brachium

Answer 26

wrist to elbow

Question 27

carpus

Answer 27

wrist

Question 28

manus

Answer 28

hand

Question 29

digits

Answer 29

fingers and hands

Question 30

thigh

Answer 30

above knee

Question 31

crus

Answer 31

knee to ankle

Question 32

tarsus

Answer 32

ankle region

Question 33

pes

Answer 33

foot

Question 34

dorsal cavity contains what 2 cavities?

Answer 34

contains cranial and vertebral cavities

Question 35

cranial cavity contains what?

Answer 35

brain

Question 36

vertebral cavity contains what?

Answer 36

spinal cord

Question 37

meninges protects what?

Answer 37

protects brain and spinal cord

Question 38

Ventral (anterior) cavity has 2 subdivisions. What are they?

Answer 38

superior and inferior

Question 39

thoracic cavity is divided into what 3 portions?

Answer 39

2 pleural cavities (L&R) and mediastinum

Question 40

pleural cavities surround what?

Answer 40

lungs

Question 41

pleura is lined with a 2 layer membrane called?

Answer 41

parietial (outer) and visceral (inner)

Question 42

What is inflammation of the pleura?

Answer 42

pleurisy

Question 43

“itis” is a suffix that means?

Answer 43

when something is inflamed such as an inflammitory disease

Question 44

pericardial cavity is the space between_____&________.

Answer 44

partietal and visceral

Question 45

What is pericardium?

Answer 45

membrane that covers surface of the heart

Question 46

Abdominopelvic cavity contains which 2 cavities?

Answer 46

abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity

Question 47

peritoneum (parital/visceral) covers what?

Answer 47

membrane that covers surface of organs in abdomen

Question 48

peritoneal cavity’s is?

Answer 48

fluid filled space that is between parietal and visceral peritoneum

Question 49

What is retroperitoneal?

Answer 49

organs between peritoneum and dorsal cavity

Question 50

Which microscopes are most commonly used?

Answer 50

light and electron microscopes

Question 51

What does the diaphram do in relation to the microscope?

Answer 51

adjusts light

Question 52

What is the purpose of the stage in relation to the microscope ?

Answer 52

holds specimans and slides into the microscope

Question 53

What is the purpose of the mechanical stage control?

Answer 53

moves slide around and moves stage around

Question 54

What is the purpose of the “objective” with the microscope?

Answer 54

the objective are the lenses

Question 55

What is the purpose of the nose piece in the microscope?

Answer 55

rotates magnifications

Question 56

What is the purpose of the “course/fine adjustment” in a microscope?

Answer 56

the knob closes to arm of scope to adjust and clarify

Question 57

What are the purpose of the oculars in a microscope?

Answer 57

they are eye pieces that can be magnified

Question 58

What is closing of a “joint” or “bending?”

Answer 58

flexion, such as fetal position

Question 59

What is opening of a “joint” or straightening?”

Answer 59

extension

Question 60

What is movement AWAY from the midline?

Answer 60

abduction, like an alien abduction (moving away)

Question 61

When you flex your foot with toes up, is called what?

Answer 61

dorsiflexion (toes up towards dorsal)

Question 62

What is movement TOWARDS the midline?

Answer 62

adduction

Question 63

What is flexing foot with toes down?

Answer 63

plantarflexion (plant downward)

Question 64

What is lateral movement of the wrist towards the radius (flex on thumb side)?

Answer 64

radial deviation

Question 65

What is medial movement of the wrist toward the ulna (pinky side)?

Answer 65

ulnar deviation

Question 66

What is upward movement of a structure?

Answer 66

elevation

Question 67

What is downward movement of a structure?

Answer 67

depression

Question 68

What is when movement of a structure is drawn backward?

Answer 68

retraction

Question 69

What is movement of a structure drawn forward?

Answer 69

protraction

Question 70

Rotation of the forearm, palm facing up; or rotation towards the ankle

Answer 70

pronation (pro athletes putting hands on top of each other)

Question 71

Rotation of palm facing upward,

Answer 71

supination (think of holding bowl of soup)