A+P Lab

Question 1

What reference plane divides the body into right and left sides?

Answer 1

Sagittal

Question 2

What term describes the structure of the body and the relationship of its parts?

Answer 2

Anatomy

Question 3

What regulatory mechanism restores conditions when they go outside normal limits?

Answer 3

Negative Feedback

Question 4

What terms describe the front of the body in anatomical position?

Answer 4

Anterior, ventral

Question 5

What is the term for a body section that divides it into superior and inferior parts?

Answer 5

Transversal

Question 6

In which cavity are the cranial and spinal cavities located?

Answer 6

Dorsal

Question 7

The diaphragm divides the ventral cavity into which subdivisions?

Answer 7

Thoracic and abdominal pelvic

Question 8

What do you call an informed, testable conjecture?

Answer 8

Hypothesis

Question 9

What is a self-amplifying sequence of physiological events called?

Answer 9

Positive Feedback

Question 10

Which of these is in the dorsal cavity: spinal cord, small intestine, uterus, or heart?

Answer 10

Spinal Cord

Question 11

What section divides the brain into anterior and posterior parts?

Answer 11

Frontal

Question 12

A hormone called calcitonin from the thyroid gland is released in response to increased levels of calcium ions in the blood. If the control of this hormone is by negative feedback, what effect would calcitonin have on blood calcium levels?

Question 13

In which abdominopelvic quadrant would gallbladder pain occur?

Answer 13

Right Upper Quadrant

Question 14

A nurse is caring for a client who has a chest tube placed through the chest wall into the space surrounding his right lung. The nurse explains to the client that the end of the chest tube is in which cavity?

Answer 14

Thoracic Plural in Lungs

Question 15

Name one anatomical feature in each of the following locations relative to the ribs: medial, lateral, superior, inferior, deep, superficial, posterior, and anterior. No repeats.

Answer 15

Medial- Heart
Lateral-Arms
Superior-Head
Inferior-Waist
Deep-Lungs
Superficial-Skin
Posterior-Spine
Anterior-Chest

Question 16

If you wanted to separate the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity of a cadaver, which type of section would you make?

Answer 16

Transverse

Question 17

Forensics show that the accident may have been intentional. The arrow from his bow entered the victim in his pectoral region and emerged from the lumbar region, narrowly missing the heart and spleen but causing the collapse of a lung. Which serous membranes did the arrow pass through?

Question 18

If a surgeon makes an incision just below the diaphragm, which body cavity is opened?

Answer 18

Abdominal Cavity