chapter 1 - planes, directions, regions, cavities

Question 1

What is the region inferior to the thorax and superior to the pelvic brim?

Answer 1

Abdominal

Question 2

What is the term for the forearm?

Answer 2

Antebrachial

Question 3

What is the region anterior to the elbow?

Answer 3

Antecubital

Also known as the cubital region.

Question 4

What is the visible surface structure of the ear called?

Answer 4

Auricular

Question 5

What is the term for the armpit?

Answer 5

Axillary

Question 6

What is the term for the arm between the shoulder and the elbow?

Answer 6

Brachial

Question 7

What is the term for the cheek?

Answer 7

Buccal

Question 8

What is the heel of the foot called?

Answer 8

Calcaneal

Question 9

What is the term for the wrist?

Answer 9

Carpal

Question 10

What is the term for the head?

Answer 10

Cephalic

Question 11

What is the term for the neck?

Answer 11

Cervical

Question 12

What is the term for the hip?

Answer 12

Coxal

Question 13

What is the term for the skull?

Answer 13

Cranial

Question 14

What is the term for the leg between the knee and the ankle?

Answer 14

Crural

Question 15

What is the term for the shoulder?

Answer 15

Deltoid

Question 16

What is the term for fingers or toes?

Answer 16

Digital

Also called phalangeal.

Question 17

What is the term for the back?

Answer 17

Dorsal

Question 18

What is the term for the thigh?

Answer 18

Femoral

Question 19

What is the term for the lateral aspect of the leg?

Answer 19

Fibular

Question 20

What is the term for the forehead?

Answer 20

Frontal

Question 21

What is the term for the buttock?

Answer 21

Gluteal

Question 22

What is the term for the great toe?

Answer 22

Hallux

Question 23

What is the term for the groin?

Answer 23

Inguinal

Sometimes used to indicate just the crease in the junction of the thigh with the trunk.

Question 24

What is the term for the lower back?

Answer 24

Lumbar

Question 25

What is the term for the breast?

Answer 25

Mammary

Question 26

What is the term for the hand?

Answer 26

Manus

Question 27

What is the term for the chin?

Answer 27

Mental

Question 28

What is the term for the nose?

Answer 28

Nasal

Question 29

What is the term for the posterior aspect of the head?

Answer 29

Occipital

Question 30

What is the term for the posterior aspect of the elbow?

Answer 30

Olecranal

Question 31

What is the term for the mouth?

Answer 31

Oral

Question 32

What is the term for the eye?

Answer 32

Orbital

Question 33

What is the term for the palm of the hand?

Answer 33

Palmar

Question 34

What is the term for the kneecap?

Answer 34

Patellar

Question 35

What is the term for the chest, including the mammary region?

Answer 35

Pectoral

Question 36

What is the term for the pelvis?

Answer 36

Pelvic

Question 37

What is the term for the foot?

Answer 37

Pes

Question 38

What is the term for the sole of the foot?

Answer 38

Plantar

Question 39

What is the term for the thumb?

Answer 39

Pollex

Question 40

What is the term for the area posterior to the knee?

Answer 40

Popliteal

Question 41

What is the term for the anterior region of the pelvis?

Answer 41

Pubic

Question 42

What is the term for the lateral aspect (thumb side) of the forearm?

Answer 42

Radial

Question 43

What is the term for the posterior region between the hip bones?

Answer 43

Sacral

Question 44

What is the term for the shoulder blade?

Answer 44

Scapular

Question 45

What is the term for the anterior middle region of the thorax?

Answer 45

Sternal

Question 46

What is the term for the calf (posterior part of the leg)?

Answer 46

Sural

Question 47

What is the term for the proximal part of the foot and ankle?

Answer 47

Tarsal

Question 48

What is the term for the part of the torso superior to the thoracic diaphragm?

Answer 48

Thoracic

Question 49

What is the term for the medial aspect of the leg?

Answer 49

Tibial

Question 50

What is the term for the medial aspect (pinky side) of the forearm?

Answer 50

Ulnar

Question 51

What is the term for the navel?

Answer 51

Umbilical

Question 52

What is the term for the spinal column?

Answer 52

Vertebral

Question 53

Anterior/Posterior

Answer 53

Front/Back

Question 54

Dorsal/Ventral

Answer 54

Backside/Belly-side

Question 55

Superior/Inferior

Answer 55

Closer to head/Closer to feet

Question 56

“At the head end”

Answer 56

Cranial

Question 57

Caudal

Answer 57

Real/Tail end

Question 58

Rostral

Answer 58

Toward the nose/mouth

Question 59

Medial/Lateral

Answer 59

Toward the midline/away from the midline

Question 60

Ipsilateral

Answer 60

On the same side

Question 61

Contralateral

Answer 61

On the opposite side

Question 62

Deep

Answer 62

On the inside, internal to another structure

Question 63

Superficial

Answer 63

On the outside, internal to another structure

Question 64

Proximal

Answer 64

Closest to point of attachment (to trunk, on appendage)

Question 65

Distal

Answer 65

Furthest from point of attachment (to trunk, on appendage)

Question 66

Cavities in posterior aspect?

Answer 66

Cranial, Vertebral

Question 67

Cavities in the ventral cavity?

Answer 67

Thoracic, Abdominopelvic

Question 68

Parts of the thoracic cavity

Answer 68

Mediastinum, pleural cavity, pericardial cavity

Question 69

What separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?

Answer 69

diaphragm

Question 70

Layers that make serous membrane?

Answer 70

Parietal, visceral

Question 71

Function of serous fluid

Answer 71

lubrication/reducing friction

Question 72

prefix epi-

Answer 72

above

Question 73

hypo-

Answer 73

under/below

Question 74

root: gaster

Answer 74

belly

Question 75

Upper and outermost regions of the 9 abdominal regions

Answer 75

hypochondriac region (under-cartilage)

Question 76

Middle and outer regions of the 9 abdominal regions

Answer 76

lumbar regions

Question 77

Lower and outer regions of the 9 abdominal regions

Answer 77

iliac regions

Question 78

Upper middle region of the 9 abdominal regions

Answer 78

epigastric

Question 79

Middle-most region of the 9 abdominal regions

Answer 79

umbilical

Question 80

Lower middle region of the 9 abdominal regions

Answer 80

hypogastric (under-belly)