Anatomical Terminologies

Question 1

A medical student is learning to describe the position of body parts during an anatomy class. The instructor asks the student to imagine a person standing upright, facing forward, with their arms at their sides and palms turned outward. What is the term for this standard position?

Answer 1

Anatomical Position

Question 2

Describe what is superior, inferior, anterior, and posterior

Answer 2

Superior = Up
Inferior = Down
Anterior = front
Posterior = back

Question 3

What is proximal, distal, medial, and lateral

Answer 3

Proximal = close
Distal = distance
medial = mid
lateral = away from the midline

Question 4

Check your canva, directional terms

Question 5

is often subdivided superficially into four sections, or quadrants, by two imaginary
lines—one horizontal and one vertical—that intersect at the navel

Answer 5

abdomen

Question 6

Planes runs vertically through the body and
separates it into right and left parts.

Answer 6

Sagittal

Question 7

is a sagittal plane that passes through the
midline of the body, dividing it into equal right and left halves.

Answer 7

median plane

Question 8

plane, or horizontal plane, runs parallel to the surface of the ground, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts.

Answer 8

Transverse

Question 9

A plane, runs vertically from
right to left and divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.

Answer 9

Frontal or coronal

Question 10

______ and carrier molecules are involved with the movement of substances through the cell membrane.

Answer 10

Membrane channels

Question 11

TRUE OR FALSE: Cells communicate through direct contact or at a distance using ligand–receptor interactions.

Answer 11

TRUE

Question 12

Is phosphate head hydrophobic? And fatty acid tails are hydrophilic

Answer 12

Phosphate head - hydrophilic
fatty acid tails - hydrophobic

Question 13

Selective; ions/molecules that can go in and out of the cell

Answer 13

Ion channels, for example, allow the passage of inorganic ions such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Cl-

Question 14

Describe the difference between Passive Transport & Active Transport

Answer 14

Passive Transport - no energy from high to low
Active Transport - has energy to move through cells from low to high

Question 15

a potassium pump

Answer 15

Sodium

Question 16

It refers to the active process in which a cell forms internal vesicles by invaginating its plasma membrane, allowing the absorption of various molecules and macromolecules from the extracellular fluid.

Answer 16

Vesicle

Question 17

process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles

Answer 17

Phagocytosis

Question 18

a process by which the cell takes in the fluids along with dissolved small molecules.

Answer 18

Pinocytosis

Question 19

a process for moving large molecules out of the cell to the cell exterior

Answer 19

Exocytosis

Question 20

. A single substance tends to move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until the concentration is equal across a space.

Answer 20

Diffusion