Chapter 1

Question 1

anatomy

Answer 1

to cut apart, study of the bodies structure

Question 2

physiology

Answer 2

study of how living things function

Question 3

aristotle

Answer 3

ancient anatomist

Question 4

galen

Answer 4

ancient anatomist dissected monkeys and pigs bc it was illegal to practice on human bodies in Greece

Question 5

avicenna

Answer 5

ancient persian anatomist, very accurate for his time

Question 6

davinci

Answer 6

modern anatomist, painted the “vitruvian man” which showed the anatomical ratios and proportions of the human body

Question 7

vesalius

Answer 7

modern anatomist, wrote a book depicting the human body

Question 8

henry gray

Answer 8

modern anatomist, wrote “Gray’s Anatomy”

Question 9

frank nettlers

Answer 9

wrote “Atlas of Human Anatomy”

Question 10

cytology

Answer 10

study of the structure of cells

Question 11

histology

Answer 11

study of tissues

Question 12

gross anatomy

Answer 12

study of large structures of the body

Question 13

systematic gross anatomy

Answer 13

study of organ systems

Question 14

regional gross anatomy

Answer 14

study of specific parts of the body

Question 15

anatomical position

Answer 15

standing upright, arms at the sides, palms out

Question 16

sagittal plane

Answer 16

cuts body into right and left

Question 17

frontal plane

Answer 17

cuts body into front and back

Question 18

transverse plane

Answer 18

cuts body into the top and bottom

Question 19

anterior

Answer 19

front

Question 20

posterior

Answer 20

back

Question 21

ventral

Answer 21

belly

Question 22

dorsal

Answer 22

back

Question 23

superior

Answer 23

head

Question 24

inferior

Answer 24

feet

Question 25

cephallic

Answer 25

head

Question 26

caudal

Answer 26

tail

Question 27

medial

Answer 27

close to mid line of the body

Question 28

lateral

Answer 28

far from the mid line of the body

Question 29

proximal

Answer 29

close to the trunk

Question 30

distal

Answer 30

far from the trunk

Question 31

superficial

Answer 31

surface

Question 32

external

Answer 32

outside

Question 33

internal

Answer 33

inside

Question 34

ipsilateral

Answer 34

same side of the body

Question 35

contralateral

Answer 35

different sides of the body

Question 36

axial region

Answer 36

head, neck, torso

Question 37

appendicular

Answer 37

arms and legs

Question 38

dorsal body cavity

Answer 38

back cavity, includes the cranial cavity and the vertebral canal

Question 39

ventral body cavity

Answer 39

anterior cavity, made up of the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity

Question 40

thoracic cavity

Answer 40

hollow space surrounded by the ribcage and the diaphragm, it is made of two pleural and one pericardial cavity

Question 41

pleural cavity

Answer 41

thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity

Question 42

pericardial cavity

Answer 42

heart

Question 43

abdominal cavity

Answer 43

between the thoracic and the pelvic cavity, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), liver, spleen, gallbladder, pancreas, uterus etc.

Question 44

abdominal and pelvic cavities....

Answer 44

share a lining because there is no true division