anatomical directions, connective tissue & epithelium

Question 1

superior

Answer 1

towards your head

Question 2

inferior

Answer 2

towards your feet

Question 3

ventral

Answer 3

anterior, your front

Question 4

dorsal

Answer 4

posterior, your back

Question 5

medial

Answer 5

towards midline

Question 6

lateral

Answer 6

away from midline

Question 7

limbs - proximal

Answer 7

towards the body

Question 8

limbs - distal

Answer 8

away from the body

Question 9

superficial

Answer 9

towards the surface

Question 10

deep

Answer 10

towards the middle

Question 11

saggital plane

Answer 11

goes through middle down belly button, divides you into left and right

Question 12

coronal plane

Answer 12

splits you into ventral and dorsal, like wearing headband

Question 13

transverse plane

Answer 13

splits you into superior and inferior

Question 14

what are the four basic tissue types?

Answer 14

epithelial, connective, muscle (smooth, cardiac, skeletal), nervous

Question 15

what factors are used to classify epithelia?

Answer 15

shape, layers

Question 16

different epithelia shapes

Answer 16

squamous - flat
cuboidal - cubes
columnar - columns

Question 17

epithelial classifications by layer

Answer 17

simple - 1 layer
stratified - >1 layer
pseudostratified - simple, all cells attached to basement membrane but the cell nuclei appear at different levels

Question 18

special epithelial types

Answer 18

pseudostratified - simple, all cells attached to basement membrane but the cell nuclei appear at different levels
transitional - stratified, distensible (stretchy) cells, the surface layer appear domed, used in bladder