Ch. 1

Question 1

inspection

Answer 1

looking at body (ex: skin and nails)

Question 2

palpation

Answer 2

feeling a structure with the hands (ex: taking pulse)

Question 3

auscultation

Answer 3

listening to natural sounds made by the body (ex: heart or lungs)

Question 4

percussion

Answer 4

taps on body, feels for abnormal resistance, listens to sounds (ex: pockets of fluid, air, scar tissue)

Question 5

dissection

Answer 5

careful cutting and separation of tissues

Question 6

organism

Answer 6

single, complete individual

Question 7

organ systems

Answer 7

group of organs that carry out basic function

Question 8

organs

Answer 8

made of at least two different tissue types, discrete function

Question 9

tissues

Answer 9

mass of similar cells, performs specific function

Question 10

cells

Answer 10

smallest living units

Question 11

organelles

Answer 11

structures in cell

Question 12

molecules

Answer 12

2+ atoms joined by chemical bonds

Question 13

(organ systems - 3)
protection, support, and movement

Answer 13

integumentary, skeletal, muscular

Question 14

(organ systems - 2)
fluid transport

Answer 14

circulatory, lymphatic

Question 15

(organ systems - 2)
reproduction

Answer 15

male reproductive, female reproductive

Question 16

(organ systems - 2)
internal communication and integration

Answer 16

nervous, endocrine

Question 17

(organ systems - 3)
intake and output

Answer 17

respiratory, digestive, urinary

Question 18

anatomical position

Answer 18

standing upright, feet flat on floor and close together, arms at sides, palms face forward

Question 19

supine

Answer 19

lying face up

Question 20

prone

Answer 20

lying face down

Question 21

sagittal plane

Answer 21

vertically, divides body/organ into left and right portions

Question 22

frontal plane

Answer 22

vertically, divides body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions

Question 23

transverse plane

Answer 23

perpendicular to long axis, divides body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions

Question 24

upper limb

Answer 24

arm, forearm, wrist

Question 25

brachial region

Answer 25

arm

Question 26

antebrachial region

Answer 26

forearm

Question 27

carpal region

Answer 27

wrist

Question 28

lower limb

Answer 28

thigh, leg, ankle, foot, toes

Question 29

femoral region

Answer 29

thigh

Question 30

crural region

Answer 30

leg

Question 31

tarsal region

Answer 31

ankle

Question 32

digits

Answer 32

toes

Question 33

thoracic cavity

Answer 33

-lined by serous membranes
-divided by mediastinum
-pericardium
-pleura

Question 34

pericardium

Answer 34

2-layered serous membrane wrapped around heart

Question 35

visceral pericardium

Answer 35

forms surface of heart, inner layer

Question 36

parietal pericardium

Answer 36

outer layer

Question 37

pleura

Answer 37

serous membrane wrapped around each lung

Question 38

abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 38

-abdominal cavity & pelvic cavity
-peritoneum = 2-layered serous membrane