Anatomical Terminology, Body Organization, Skeletal Introduction

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

Frontside

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

Backside/Behind

Question 3

Dorsal

Answer 3

Backside

Question 4

Ventral

Answer 4

Bellyside

Question 5

Medial

Answer 5

Toward midline of the body

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Away from midline

Question 7

Proximal

Answer 7

Moving along a limb towards the torso

Question 8

Distal

Answer 8

Away from the torso

Question 9

Superior

Answer 9

Above (toward head)

Question 10

Inferior

Answer 10

Below (towards feet)

Question 11

Rostral

Answer 11

Towards the head

Question 12

Caudal

Answer 12

Tail

Question 13

Superficial

Answer 13

Located close to or on the body surface

Question 14

Deep

Answer 14

Further beneath the body surface

Question 15

Coronal/Frontal

Answer 15

Separates anterior and posterior portions of the body

Question 16

Midsagittal

Answer 16

Passes through midline, dividing the body in right and left halves

Question 17

Parasagittal

Answer 17

Parallel to midsagittal, but on the midline so right and left halves are unequal

Question 18

Transverse

Answer 18

Separates superior and inferior portions of the body

Question 19

Axial

Answer 19

Head, neck, and trunk

Question 20

Appendicular

Answer 20

Limbs

Question 21

Orbital

Answer 21

eye

Question 22

Buccal

Answer 22

Cheek

Question 23

Oral

Answer 23

mouth

Question 24

Cervical

Answer 24

neck

Question 25

Acromial

Answer 25

shoulder

Question 26

Thoracic

Answer 26

chest

Question 27

Axillary

Answer 27

arm pit

Question 28

brachial

Answer 28

arm

Question 29

antecubital

Answer 29

anterior side of the elbow

Question 30

antebrachial

Answer 30

forearm

Question 31

pollex

Answer 31

thumb

Question 32

umbilical

Answer 32

navel

Question 33

inguinal

Answer 33

junction of trunk & thighs

Question 34

pubic

Answer 34

genital region

Question 35

femoral

Answer 35

thigh

Question 36

popliteal

Answer 36

posterior side of the knee

Question 37

patellar

Answer 37

anterior side of the knee

Question 38

peroneal/fibular

Answer 38

lateral side of the leg

Question 39

calcaneal

Answer 39

heel of the foot

Question 40

plantar

Answer 40

sole of the foot

Question 41

hallux

Answer 41

big toe

Question 42

What would you find in the dorsal cavity?

Answer 42

a. cranial cavity contents = brain

b. spinal cavity contents = spinal cord

Question 43

What would you find in the ventral body cavity?

Answer 43

a. thoracic cavity
- pleural cavities, contains lungs
- mediastinum
- - pericardial cavity - contains the heart
- - additional contents: thymus, trachea, esophagus, and aorta
b. abdominopelvic cavity
- abdominal cavity, contains stomach, SI, liver, spleen, kidney
- pelvic cavity, contains bladder, reproductive organs, sigmoid colon

Question 44

What are the serous membranes? What layers are there?

Answer 44

1. Pericardium
2. Pleurae
3. Peritoneum
   Visceral (inner) layer & parietal (outer) layer

Question 45

What is a long bone?

Answer 45

Longer than they are wide. Have a diaphysis, epiphysis, and medullary cavity

Question 46

What is a short bone?

Answer 46

Boxlike with an outer surface of compact bone and a spongy bone interior

Question 47

What is a flat bone?

Answer 47

Large surface area bones with thin, parallel layers of compact bone and a spongy bone core

Question 48

What are irregular bones?

Answer 48

Complex shapes

Question 49

what is the sesamoid bone?

Answer 49

Patella

Question 50

What is a sutural bone?

Answer 50

Small, flat, oddly shaped; formed between sutures of skull