ANAT: Body terminology

Question 1

what is the position where you are lying facing up?

Answer 1

supine

Question 2

what is the position where you are lying face down

Answer 2

prone

Question 3

laying on your back hands at sides, palms forward - the general anatomy term used for the body position

Answer 3

anatomical position

Question 4

above

Answer 4

superior

Question 5

below

Answer 5

inferior

Question 6

front (ventral)

Answer 6

anterior

Question 7

back (dorsal)

Answer 7

posterior

Question 8

nearest point of attachment to limb or structure

Answer 8

proximal

Question 9

farthest away from attachment to limb or structure

Answer 9

distal

Question 10

moving from either side of the body toward the midline

Answer 10

medial direction

Question 11

moving outward from the midline toward either side of the body

Answer 11

lateral direction

Question 12

what are the nine regions in the body

Answer 12

1. right hypochondriac region
   2.right lumbar region
2. right illiac region
   4.Epigastric region
3. Umbilical Region
4. Hypogastric region
   7.left hypochondriac region
   8.left lumbar region
5. left illiac region

Question 13

what is in the right hypogastric region

Answer 13

liver, galbladder , right kidney

Question 14

what is in the epigastric region?

Answer 14

stomach, left and right kidney, liver, pancreas

Question 15

what is in the left hypochondriac region

Answer 15

stomach, liver, left kidney, spleen

Question 16

what is in the right lumbar region?

Answer 16

liver, small intestine, ascending colon, right kidney

Question 17

what is in the right illiac region

Answer 17

small intestine, appendix, cecum and ascending colon

Question 18

what is in the epigastric region

Answer 18

stomach, liver, pancrea, right and left kidney

Question 19

what is in the umbillical region

Answer 19

stomach, pancrea, small intestine, transverse colon

Question 20

what is in the hypogastric region?

Answer 20

small intestine, sigmoid colon, bladder

Question 21

what is in the left hypochondriac region?

Answer 21

stomach, liver, left kidney,spleen

Question 22

what is in the left lumbar region?

Answer 22

small intestine, descending colon, left kidney

Question 23

what is in the left illiac region

Answer 23

small intestine, descending colon, sigmoid colon

Question 24

a fluid-filled space inside the body that holds andprotects internal organs

Answer 24

body cavity

Question 25

Cavity encases the brain

Answer 25

cranial cavity

Question 26

encloses the spinal cord

Answer 26

vertebral or spinal cavity

Question 27

is surrounded by the rib cage and is separated from the abdominal cavity by the muscular diaphragm.

Answer 27

thoratic cavity

Question 28

houses the heart, the thymus, the trachea & the esophagus

Answer 28

Mediastinum

Question 29

Right and left cavities that hold the right and left lungs respectively

Answer 29

plural cavity

Question 30

contains the stomach,
the intestines, the liver,
the spleen, the
pancreas, (and the
kidneys)

Answer 30

abdominal cavity

Question 31

is a small space enclosed by the bones of the pelvis and contains the urinary bladder, part of the large intestine, and the
internal reproductive organs.

Answer 31

pelvic cavity

Question 32

are the thin, double layered membrane within the walls of the ventral cavities.

Answer 32

serous membrane

Question 33

outer membrane

Answer 33

pariental serosa

Question 34

inner layer in direct
contact with the organ

Answer 34

visceral serosa