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Anatomy Flashcards

Anatomy Based Questions

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What does Gross Anatomy Mean

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Study of Anatomy at the Visible or Macroscopic Level

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What does Microscopic Anatomy Mean

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Study of Anatomy under the microscope

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What does Surface Anatomy Mean

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Study of External Anatomy

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What does Systematic Anatomy Mean

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The study of the Structures that make up a body system, E.G. Musculoskeletal system

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What does Regional Anatomy Mean

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The study of Anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body

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What are the 5 Main Subclasses of Anatomy

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Gross (Macroscopic), Microscopic, Surface, Systematic, Regional

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What is the Difference between Anatomy and Physiology

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Anatomy is Structure, and Physiology is Function and Processes

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What is Neurophysiology

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The study of how the body works with the Nerves and Brain

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What is Pathophysiology

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The study of Diseases on the body

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10
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What is Palpation

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Examining Via Feeling and Touch

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What is Auscultation

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Examining Via Sound and Listening (Commonly via Stethoscope)

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What is Percussion Examining

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Tapping body parts with fingers, hands or instruments as part of an examination

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What are the Methods of Examination

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Inspection, Dissection, Palpations, Auscultation, Percussion, Medical Imaging

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What are the 5 main features of the Anatomical Position

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Standing Upright, Face Forward, Parallel Feet, Arms Hanging at Side, Palms Facing Forward

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Do we refer to Patients Left or Examiners Left

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Always Patients Left or Right

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What is the difference between a Section and a Plane

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A Section is a physical cut or Image from Medical Imaging used to reveal internal anatomy and a Plane is an Imaginary Line / Flat Surface used to separate it into specific Sections

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17
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What are the 2 Ways to see a Section for Anatomy

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Physical Cut or Medical Image Result

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18
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What are the 3 Major Planes

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Sagittal, Frontal (Coronal), Transverse (Horizontal)

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19
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What is the plane called that Splits Directly down the Centre

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Mid Sagittal / Median Plane

20
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What Plane divides the body into left and right portions, parallel to the sagittal plane

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Parasagittal Plane

21
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What Plane Cuts the Subject from Left to Right (facing us)

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Frontal / Coronal

22
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What Plane Cuts the Subject Horizontally

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Transverse / Horizontal

23
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What is the Axial Region

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Everything but the limbs (Head, Neck and Trunk)

24
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What is the Appendicular Region

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Upper and Lower Limbs including Shoulder and Pelvis

25
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What is a Body Cavity

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A Large Space Housing and Protecting Organs

26
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What is a Pericardial Cavity

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The Cavity Around the Heart

27
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What is a Vertebral Cavity

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Spine cavity Connected to the Cranial Cavity

28
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What are Meninges

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They Line the Cranial and Vertebral Cavities and protect Nervous Tissue and Hard Bone

29
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What is the Thoracic Cavity

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Upper Chest Cavity Separated from Abdominopelvic Cavity by Diaphragm muscle

30
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What is a Membrane

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A thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a boundary, lining, or partition in an organism

31
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What is the Membrane called that is Exposed to the Outside World

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Serous Membrane

32
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What is the Membrane called that is NOT Exposed to the Outside World

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Mucous Membrane

33
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What Separates the Thoracic Cavity from the Abdominopelvic Cavity

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Diaphragm Muscle

34
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What contains esophagus, trachea, heart and major blood vessels

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Mediastinum

35
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What does Pericardium Mean

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Around the Heart

36
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What is the Two Layered Serous Membrane Around the Heart

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Pericardium

37
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What is the Two Layered Serous Membrane Around the Lungs

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Pleura

38
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What is the Cavity called that contains most of the Digestive System

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Abdominal Cavity

39
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What contains the lowermost part of large intestine, bladder, urethra, and reproductive organs

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Pelvic Cavity

40
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What Separates the Abdominal and Pelvic Cavity

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The Margin of the Pelvic Inlet

41
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What is the Peritoneal Cavity

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Potential Space between Parietal and Visceral Peritoneum

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What is the Outer Serous Membrane that Lines Abdominal Wall

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Parietal Peritoneum (serous membrane)

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What is the Membrane called that holds intestines in (a subcategory of Visceral Peritoneum)

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Mesentery Membrane

44
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What is the Layer of Tissue called that covers most of the Abdominal Organs

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Visceral Peritoneum

45
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Where can you find Peritoneum Membrane

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Abdominopelvic Cavity

46
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What Digestive Organs are Outside the Peritoneum and are only partially covered by Peritoneum

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Retroperitoneal Organs (e.g Kidney)

47
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What Digestive Organs Are Completely Covered by Peritoneum

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Intraperitoneal Organs (E.g. Loops of Small Intestines)

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