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What plane divides the body into right and left
Sagittal Plane
What longitudinal plane separates the body into anterior and posterior portion
Frontal
What plane divides the body into superior and inferior protions
Transverse
What body cavity contains the brain and the spinal cord
Dorsal
What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic
Diaphragm
What is the smallest body cavity that contains the internal reproductive organs
Pelvic Cavity
What region is immediately superior to the umbilical region
Eigastric region
What planes form the two vertical lines in the diagram of the nine abdominal regions
Sagittal Planes
What region is immediately to the left of the epigastric region
Left Hypochondriac Region
What region is immediately inferior to the right lumbar region
Right Iliac region
Which major closed body cavity contains connective tissue membranes
Dorsal Body Cavity
What are synovial membranes
Connective tissue, they are smooth, delicate inner lining of the joint capsule
Nasal and oral cavity are covered in what
Mucous Membrane
Region between elbow and wrist
Antebrachial
Region between lower back and sides and pelvis
Lumbar
Region of the ears
Otic
Sole of the foot
Plantar (pedal)
Space in front of the elbow
Antecubital
What are three divisions of the sternum
Body, Xiphoid Process, Manubrium
What term is designated to true ribs
Vertebrosternal Ribs
How many vertebrochondral ribs are there
3 (8th, 9th and 10th)
What layer of the pleura is closely attached to the lung
Visceral Pleura
What type of fluid is contained in the double-walled membrane that lines closed body cavities
Serous lubricating fluid
What parietal pleura is closest to the pericardial sac
Mediastinal Parietal Pleura
What plane intersects L3
Subcostal Plane
Which plane is the most superior
transpyloric plane
Which plane intersects the highest point on the ilium
Interiliac Plane
What plane intersects L5
Trans tubercular plane
What plane intersects L1
Transpyloric Plane
Transumbilical Plane
L3-L4
Where do the 3 bones of Os Coxae fuse
Acetabulum
What is the superior portion of the Os Coxae
Iliac Crest
What articulation is between the two pubic bones called
Public Symphysis/arch
What is the most posterior part of the uterus
Rectouterine Pouch
What is the vaginal space called surrounding the cervix
Fornixes
The styloid process and the external auditory meatus are part of the
Temporal Bone
Bone that forms the prominence of the cheek
Zygomatic Bone
The bone that has a mental foramen, ramus and
condyle
Mandible
4 Bones that make up the orbit
Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Maxillary, Zygomatic
What ventricle is at the level of the cerebellum
Fourth Ventricle
What ventricle is a midline structure in the region of the diencephalon
Third Ventricle
Name of the communicating channel between 3rd and 4th Ventricles
Cerebral Aqueducts (Aqueduct of Sylvius)
Which ventricle is paired
Lateral Ventricles
What ventricle are connected by the interventricular foramen
Lateral Ventricle and the third ventricle
What is the concave surface on the upper and lower margins of the pedicles called
Vertebral notches
Where are the intervertebral foramen located
Where the superior and inferior vertebral notches meet
What articulates with the superior articular process of a vertebrae
with the inferior articular process of the superior vertebra
What 3 features of a vertebra enclose/surround the vertebral foramen
Pedicle
articular process
vertebral notch
Transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae have
Foramina
What is special about spinous process of the cervical vertebrae
They are Bifid (forked)
C1
Atlas
C2
Axis
What is the purpose of the odontoid process
acts as a pivot for rotation of the atlas
