Body Regions

Question 1

Why are the head and neck often lumped together?

Answer 1

Due to their close proximity and anatomical relationships

Question 2

What does the head house as well as the brain and sensory organs?

Answer 2

The beginning of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts

Question 3

What does the neck act as?

Answer 3

A passageway between the head and the thorax

Question 4

What are two important structures that sit within the neck?

Answer 4

Larynx and oesophagus

Question 5

What is the trunk?

Answer 5

Is the central mass of the human body

Question 6

What regions does the trunk contain?

Answer 6

Thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 7

What can the plane of superior thoracic aperture also be called?

Answer 7

Thoracic inlet

Question 8

What can the thorax be referred to as?

Answer 8

The chest

Question 9

What are the boundaries of the thorax made up of?

Answer 9

Thoracic cage and thoracic wall muscles

Question 10

What is the thoracic cage also known as?

Answer 10

Rib cage

Question 11

What are the 4 main boundaries?

Answer 11

Superior boundary, inferior boundary, posterior boundary and anterior boundary

Question 12

What does the superior boundary contain?

Answer 12

Superior thoracic inlet

Question 13

What does the inferior boundary contain?

Answer 13

Diaphragm

Question 14

What does the posterior boundary contain?

Answer 14

Ribs and thoracic vertebrate

Question 15

What does the anterior boundary contain?

Answer 15

Ribs, costal cartilage and sternum

Question 16

How many ribs are there on each side?

Answer 16

12

Question 17

What is the thoracic cavity?

Answer 17

The space within the thoracic cage

Question 18

How many regions can the thoracic cavity be split into?

Answer 18

3

Question 19

What are the 3 regions of the thoracic cavity?

Answer 19

Right pleural, mediastinum and left pleural

Question 20

What does the mediastinum contain?

Answer 20

Heart, pericardium and associated structures

Question 21

What sits either side of the mediastinum?

Answer 21

Lungs and pleural cavities

Question 22

How does the abdomen extend from the diaphragm?

Answer 22

Superiorly

Question 23

Where does the abdomen extend to?

Answer 23

To the inguinal ligaments and pelvic brim

Question 24

What systems is the abdomen made up of?

Answer 24

Gastrointestinal and genitourinary

Question 25

What are the main structures that can be found in the abdominal cavities?

Answer 25

Liver, gallbladder, oesophagus, stomach, spleen, small intestine, large intestine, kidneys and adrenal glands

Question 26

What are the two models that describe the regions of the abdomen?

Answer 26

Nine region model and 4 quadrant model

Question 27

What is the pelvic cavity protected by?

Answer 27

Hip/bone

Question 28

What are the 3 parts that the hip bone/bony pelvis made up of?

Answer 28

Ilium, ischium and pubis

Question 29

What are the two subdivisions of the pelvis known as?

Answer 29

Greater ‘false’ pelvis and the lesser ‘true’ pelvis

Question 30

Where does the greater pelvis lie?

Answer 30

Between the two large ilium bones

Question 31

Where does the lesser pelvis lie?

Answer 31

Deep to the pubic bone and inferior the pelvic inlet