Anatomy

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

Description of the body planes and axis. The Body is in erect posture, face foreward, with arms at the sides of the body, palms facing foreward with fingers and thumbs in extension

Question 2

Anterior/vebtral

Answer 2

front of the body.

Question 3

contralateral

Answer 3

on opposite sides of the body.

Question 4

cranial/caudal

Answer 4

a distance of a structure from the head

caudal- a distance of a structure from the feet.

Question 5

frontal plane

Answer 5

Divides the body into anterior and posterior halves. Vertical.

Question 6

Ipsilateral

Answer 6

same side of the body

Question 7

lateral

Answer 7

away from mid point

Question 8

sagittal plane

Answer 8

dividing the body into left and right halves

Question 9

superficial

Answer 9

situated closer to the exterior of the body.

Question 10

supine

Answer 10

face up

Question 11

transverse plane

Answer 11

Dividing the body horizontally into a superiand inferior halves

Question 12

dorsifelxion

Answer 12

flexing tha foot toward the body.

Question 13

planter flexion

Answer 13

Position in which the foot is lower than the ankle.

Question 14

pronation

Answer 14

Turning the palms to face backwards

Question 15

Central nervous system

Answer 15

brain and spinal cord

Question 16

autonomic nervous system

Answer 16

Involuntary system that controls nerve impulses to smooth the muscle.

Question 17

neuron

Answer 17

Structural unit of the nervous system.

Question 18

sciatic nerve

Answer 18

the largest nerve of the lumbosacral plexus( supplies calf muscle)

Question 19

ankylosis

Answer 19

complete or partial fusion of a joint that previously was movable

Question 20

appendicular skeleton

Answer 20

the bones of the upper and lower limbs

Question 21

cervical

Answer 21

Pertaining to that region of the neck, as in the seven cervical vertebrae

Question 22

coccyx

Answer 22

lowest segment of the spine

Question 23

costal

Answer 23

ribs

Question 24

foramen

Answer 24

a hole in the bone

Question 25

llium

Answer 25

one of the three large hip bones

Question 26

ischial tubersitites

Answer 26

sit bones

Question 27

lumbar

Answer 27

lower back

Question 28

pelvic

Answer 28

both hip bones

Question 29

pelvis

Answer 29

both pelvic bones forming the base of the torso

Question 30

sacrum

Answer 30

sacred bone

Question 31

sesamoid bone

Answer 31

a bone contained within a tendon

Question 32

thoracic

Answer 32

pertaining to the chest or thorax.

Question 33

lordosis

Answer 33

an anterior convex curve of the spinal column resulting from excessive lumbar curvature