Chapter 1

Question 1

Define anatomy

Answer 1

The study of the structures of the body

Question 2

What is gross scale anatomy

Answer 2

large-scale anatomy

anything you can see without a microscope

Question 3

What is Regional Anatomy

Answer 3

anything in a given region

Question 4

What is systemic anatomy

Answer 4

focuses on the systems of the body

Question 5

What is surface anatomy

Answer 5

landmarks that are surface oriented

Question 6

What is Microscopic Anatomy

Answer 6

uses histology and studies things you need a microscope to see

Question 7

What is Histology

Answer 7

The study of tissue and cells

Question 8

What is the Hierarchy of Structural Organization

Answer 8

Goes from smallest to largest 
Atoms
Molecules 
Cells 
Organelles 
Tissues
Organ 
Organ System 
Organism

Question 9

What is Anatomical Position

Answer 9

head straight, feet forward, palms facing forward

Question 10

Define Superior

Answer 10

toward the head end or upper part of a structure of the body, above

Question 11

Define inferior

Answer 11

away from the head end or toward the lower part of the body

Question 12

Define anterior (ventral)

Answer 12

front of the body

Question 13

Define Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 13

back behind

Question 14

Define Dorsal

Answer 14

reference to the spine or backside, the top surface

Question 15

Define Medial

Answer 15

Closest to the midline

Question 16

Define Lateral

Answer 16

moves away to the midline

Question 17

Proximal

Answer 17

front end
(closest to the midline)
close to the front of the tube
closer to the origin of the body part of the point of attachment of a limb

Question 18

Define Distal

Answer 18

back end
(far from the midline)
close to the back of the tube
farther from the origin of attachment

Question 19

Define Superficial

Answer 19

close to the surface

Question 20

Define deep

Answer 20

Close to the core

Question 21

Define Ipsilateral

Answer 21

same side

Question 22

Define contralateral

Answer 22

opposite side

Question 23

Define transverse plane

Answer 23

cuts into superior (also known as a horizontal plane)

Question 24

What does the transverse plane show us

Answer 24

right and left

front and back

Question 25

What is the median plane

Answer 25

mid-sagittal plane separates into right and left

Question 26

What does the median plane show us

Answer 26

right and left

top and bottom

Question 27

What is the frontal plane

Answer 27

anterior or posterior

Question 28

What does the frontal plane show us

Answer 28

right and left

top and bottom

Question 29

What are the two main and large body cavities

Answer 29

Doral and Ventral

Question 30

What does dorsal refer to

Answer 30

back and brain

Question 31

what does ventral refer to

Answer 31

the belly

Question 32

What is located in the dorsal cavity

Answer 32

• Cranial cavity
• vertebral canal
• meninges

Question 33

What is the cranial cavity

Answer 33

contains and protects the brain

Question 34

what is the vertebral canal

Answer 34

constraints and protects the spinal cord

Question 35

What are the meninges

Answer 35

they provide protection to our nervous system

found in both cavities

Question 36

What is found in the Ventral Cavity

Answer 36

Thoracic cavity
Abdominal Cavity
Pelvic Cavity

Question 37

What is the Thoracic Cavity

Answer 37

contains the heart and the lungs

Question 38

What is in the Thoracic Cavity

Answer 38

Right/ left pleural cavity

mediastinum

Question 39

What is in the right and left pleural cavity

Answer 39

lungs

Question 40

What is n the Mediastinum

Answer 40

heart

Question 41

What is the abdominal cavity

Answer 41

It sags into the pelvic cavity

Question 42

What is the pelvic cavity

Answer 42

boney pelvis