Chapter 1 Test

Question 1

What are the 10 body cavities?

Answer 1

Cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, dorsal, ventral, oral, nasal, orbital.

Question 2

What are the 9 abdominopelvic regions?

Answer 2

Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac

Question 3

What are the 4 abdominopelvic quadrants?

Answer 3

Right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower

Question 4

What are the planes?

Answer 4

Median, sagittal, coronal/frontal, transverse/cross

Question 5

What does the median plane divide the body into?

Answer 5

Right and left halves

Question 6

What does the sagittal plane divide the body into?

Answer 6

Left and right parts (not halves cause they aren’t even)

Question 7

What does the coronal/frontal plane divide the body into?

Answer 7

Front and back halves or parts

Question 8

What does the transverse/cross plane divide the body into?

Answer 8

Upper and lower halves or parts

Question 9

What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?

Answer 9

Anatomy: the study of the structure of any living organism (where everything is)
Physiology: the study of the function of all the parts of living organisms

Question 10

Cranial/superior/rostral refers to…

Answer 10

being closer to the head or higher than another structure of the body.

Question 11

Anterior/ventral refers to…

Answer 11

a structure being more in front than another structure in the body

Question 12

Posterior/dorsal refers to…

Answer 12

a structure being more in back than another structure in the body

Question 13

Medial refers to…

Answer 13

a structure that is closer to the median plane than another structure in the body

Question 14

Lateral refers to…

Answer 14

a structure that is further away from the median plane than another structure in the body

Question 15

Proximal refers to…

Answer 15

(only applies to limbs) a structure being closer to the median plane or root of the limb than another structure.

Question 16

Distal refers to…

Answer 16

(only applies to limbs) a structure being further away from the median plane or root of the limb than another structure in the limb.

Question 17

Superficial refers to…

Answer 17

being external (not a serious injury)

Question 18

Supine position is…and is used for…

Answer 18

lying flat on your back facing up; for exams of the superior body surfaces, breast exams

Question 19

Prone position is…and is used for…

Answer 19

lying face down on the table; for exams of the posterior body surfaces

Question 20

Lithotomoy is…and is used for..

Answer 20

legs are placed on supports that hold and spread out the legs; for pelvic exams in females, rectal exams, and sometimes in childbirth

Question 21

Sims’ Position is…and is used for…

Answer 21

faces down on their left side with the left arm behind the back and the left knee bent; for colonoscopy

Question 22

Trendelenburg Position is…and is used for…

Answer 22

supine with the body tilted so that the head is lower than the legs; fore preventing and treating shock

Question 23

Sitting is…and is used for…

Answer 23

sitting up the usual way you would sit; auscultation (listening) to the heart and lungs, taking blood pressure

Question 24

Fowler’s Position is…and is used for…

Answer 24

legs straight out with back supported by chair or wall; promotes respiration in patients who have shortness of breath

Question 25

What is the top division of the back called?

Answer 25

Cervical: C1-C7

Question 26

What is the biggest division of the back called?

Answer 26

Thoracic: T1-T12

Question 27

What is the section below the thoracic division of the back called?

Answer 27

Lumber: L1-L5

Question 28

What is the section below the lumbar division of the back called?

Answer 28

Sacral: S1-S5

Question 29

What is the bottom division of the back called?

Answer 29

Coccygeal

Question 30

How many vertabrae are there?

Answer 30

33 vertabra