Anatomy Directional Planes

Question 1

What is Human Anatomy?

Answer 1

The study of the structure of the human body

Question 2

What is Human Physiology?

Answer 2

The study of the function of anatomical structures

Question 3

What is the chemical level?

Answer 3

Interactions of atoms

Question 4

what is the cell level?

Answer 4

Structural and functional unit of living organism

Question 5

what is the tissue level?

Answer 5

Group of similar cells and material that surrounds them

Question 6

What is the organ level?

Answer 6

One or more tissues functioning together

Question 7

what is the organ system level?

Answer 7

groups of organs functioning together

Question 8

What is the organism level?

Answer 8

any living thing

Question 9

How may organ systems are there?

Answer 9

11

Question 10

Can organs be part of two different organ systems?

Answer 10

Yes and and example is the male urethra is part of the urinary system and the male reproductive system

Question 11

what is anatomical position?

Answer 11

Frame of reference for describing the location of body parts. Arms at side, palms facing forward, feet flat on the floor .

Question 12

what is medial mean?

Answer 12

towards the midline

Question 13

What does lateral mean?

Answer 13

Away from the midline

Question 14

What does superior mean?

Answer 14

More towards the top of the head

Question 15

What does inferior mean?

Answer 15

More towards the feet

Question 16

what does distal mean?

Answer 16

away from the body

Question 17

what is proximal?

Answer 17

Towards the body

Question 18

what is anterior or ventral?

Answer 18

towards the front of the body

Question 19

What is posterior or dorsal?

Answer 19

Toward the back of the body

Question 20

what does Cephalic mean?

Answer 20

towards the head or superior

Question 21

what does caudal mean?

Answer 21

towards the coccyx

Question 22

what does postal mean?

Answer 22

towards the nose

Question 23

what is superficial mean?

Answer 23

towards the outside

Question 24

what does deep mean?

Answer 24

More away from the outside

Question 25

what does ipsilateral mean?

Answer 25

On the same side of the body (left or right)

Question 26

What does contralateral mean?

Answer 26

one the opposite side of the body (left or right)

Question 27

What is the difference between proximal and distal , and superior and inferior?

Answer 27

Proximal and distal is for the limbs and superior and inferior is for the trunk

Question 28

What is the sagittal plane?

Answer 28

Divides the body into left and right

Question 29

what is the mid-sagittal plane?

Answer 29

Is the midline and divides the body into equal parts

Question 30

what is the parasagittal plane?

Answer 30

A cut that is not equal

Question 31

what is the frontal or coronal plane?

Answer 31

Divides the body front and back sections

Question 32

what is the transverse or horizontal plane?

Answer 32

divides the body into top and body or superior and inferior sections

Question 33

What is the oblique section?

Answer 33

A cut that runs diagonally

Question 34

What is a body cavity?

Answer 34

lined with a membrane that contains internal organs called viscera

Question 35

What is the visceral Layer?

Answer 35

Inner layer, against the organ

Question 36

what is the parietal layer?

Answer 36

the superficial of outer layer

Question 37

what is the cranial cavity?

Answer 37

Houses the brain

Question 38

what is the vertebral cavity?

Answer 38

Houses the Spinal cord

Question 39

what is the diaphragm?

Answer 39

Divides the body into thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Question 40

what is the pericardium

Answer 40

Two layered membrane that enfolds the heart

Question 41

what is the plural cavity?

Answer 41

Houses the lung

Question 42

what is pleura?

Answer 42

Serous membrane that enfolds each lung

Question 43

What is the visceral pleura?

Answer 43

serous membrane that enfolds each lungs

Question 44

What is parietal pleura?

Answer 44

Lines the inside of the rib cage

Question 45

What is the pericardial cavity?

Answer 45

Houses the organs from the reproductive system

Question 46

What is the peritoneum?

Answer 46

Two layered serous membrane in the abdominopelvic cavity

Question 47

what is the Parietal Peritoneum?

Answer 47

the inward layer of the abdominopelvic cavity

Question 48

What is the peritoneal cavity?

Answer 48

the space between the parietal and visceral layers, lubricated by peritoneal fluid

Question 49

what is retroperitoneal position?

Answer 49

organs that lie against the posterior body wall

Question 50

what is intraperitoneal position?

Answer 50

organs that are connected

Question 51

what is the Mensentary?

Answer 51

Points where it forms a translucent, membranous curtain suspending and anchoring the versa

Question 52

What is the serosa?

Answer 52

points when it enfolds and covers the outer surface of the organs

Question 53

What is the posterior Mensentery?

Answer 53

suspends intestines from the posterior abdominal wall

Question 54

what is the anterior Mensentary?

Answer 54

suspends organs on the anterior wall

Question 55

What is the Greater Omentum?

Answer 55

Hangs like an Apron from the infer lateral margin of the stomach and ovaries

Question 56

what is the Lesser Omentum?

Answer 56

extends from the supromedial margin of the stomach to the liver

Question 57

What are the 4 Abdominal Quadrents?

Answer 57

Right Upper quadrant, Left Upper quadrant, Right Lower Quadrant, Left Lower Quadrant

Question 58

What are the 9 abdominal regions?

Answer 58

Right hypochondriac region, right lumbar region and the right iliac region, elastic region, umbilical region and the hypogastric region, the left hypochondriac region , left lumber region, left iliac region

Question 59

what are the two major body regions?

Answer 59

Axial and Appendicular

Question 60

What is considered the Axial Region?

Answer 60

The head, cervical region ( neck) and trunk Trunk is the thoracic region and the abdominal region

Question 61

What is considered the appendicular region?

Answer 61

The upper and lower limbs

Question 62

What are the parts of upper limbs?

Answer 62

Brachium, cubital, antebrachium, carpus, Manus: Palmer surface and dorsal, digits