Chapter 1: The Language of Anatomy Flashcards
1
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What is the abdominal ?
A
Below the ribs and above the hips
2
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What is the Acromial ?
A
Point of the shoulder
3
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What is the Antebrachial ?
A
Forearm
4
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What is the Axillary ?
A
Armpit
5
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What is the Brachial ?
A
Arm on the upper portion of the upper limb
6
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What is the Buccal ?
A
Cheek
7
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What is the Calcaneal ?
A
Heel of the foot
8
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What is the Carpal ?
A
Wrist
9
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What is the Cephalic ?
A
Head
10
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What is the Cervical ?
A
Neck
11
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What is the Coxal ?
A
Hip
12
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What is the Crural ?
A
Leg
13
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What is the Digital ?
A
Fingers or toes
14
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What is the Femoral ?
A
Thigh
15
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What is the Fibular / peroneal ?
A
Side of the leg
16
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What is the Frontal ?
A
Forehead
17
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What is the Gluteal ?
A
Buttocks
18
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What is the Hallux ?
A
Great toe
19
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What is the Inguinal ?
A
Groin (by pelvic)
20
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What is the Lumbar ?
A
Lower back
21
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What is the Mammary ?
A
Breast
22
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What is the Manus ?
A
Hand
23
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What is the Mental ?
A
Chin
24
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What is the Nasal ?
A
Nose
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What is the Occipital ?
Back of the head
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What is the Olecranal ?
Back of the elbow
27
What is the Oral ?
Mouth
28
What is the Orbital ?
Bony eye socket
29
What is the Otic ?
Ear
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What is the Palmar ?
Palm of the hand
31
What is the Patellar ?
Kneecap
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What is the Pedal ?
Foot
33
What is the Pelvic ?
Pelvis
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What is the Perineal ?
Between the anus and the external genitalia
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What is the Plantar ?
Sole of the foot
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What is the Pollex ?
Thumb
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What is the Popliteal ?
Back of the knee
38
What is the Pubic ?
Genital
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What is the Sacral ?
Posterior (the back ) region between the hip bones
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What is the Scapular ?
Shoulder blade
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What is the Sternal ?
Breastbone
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What is the Sural ?
Calf
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What is the Tarsal ?
Ankle
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What is the Thoracic ?
Chest
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What is the Umbilical ?
Naval
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What is the Vertebral ?
Spine
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What is Superior/Inferior ?
above/below
Nose is superior to the mouth
Abdomen is inferior to the chest
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What is Anterior/Posterior ?
front/back
Spine is posterior to the heart
Anterior are facing forward: face, chest, abdomen
Posterior is backside of the body
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What is Medial/Lateral ?
toward midline/away from the midline
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What is Cephalad/caudal ?
Toward the head/toward the tail
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What is Ventral/Dorsal ?
belly side/backside
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What is Proximal/distal ?
nearer attached end/farther from the point of attachment
fingers are distal to the elbow
Knee is proximal to the toes
53
What is superficial/deep
external towards body surface/ internal away from the body surface
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What is Median (midsagittal) plane ?
divides body down the midline into equal parts
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What is Frontal (coronal) plane ?
divides the body or organ into front and back parts (shoulder to shoulder)
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What is Transverse plane ?
divides body horizontally into top and bottom parts
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What does the axial region include ?
Head, neck, trunk
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What does the appendicular region include ?
Limbs (appendages or extremities)
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What does the Dorsal Body Cavity include ?
Cranial cavity which encases the
- brain
- spinal cavity
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What does the Ventral Body Cavity include ?
Thoracic cavity which is separate from the ventral cavity
- Dome shaped and contains Heart, lungs and are protected from bony rib cage
Abdominopelvic Cavity includes...
- stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs
Pelvic Cavity
- enclosed by bony pelvis and contains reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum
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What is a serous membrane ?
walls of the ventral body cavity and outer surfaces of organs that are covered with a thin, double layered membrane
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What is the Parietal serosa ?
part of the membrane lining the cavity walls
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What is the Visceral serosa ?
covers the the external surface of the organs within the cavity
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What is the Peritoneum serosa ?
serosa lining the abdominal cavity and covering its organs
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What is the Pluera serosa ?
serosa enclosing the lungs
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What is the Pericardium serosa ?
serosa around the heart
67
What's in the Right hypochondriac region?
| Location?
Liver, Gallbladder
| overlying the lower ribs
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What's in the Epigastric region?
| Location?
Stomach
| Superior to the umbilical region
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What's in the Left hypochondriac region?
| Location?
Diaphragm, Spleen
| overlying lower ribs
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What's in the Right lateral (lumbar) region?
| Location?
Ascending colon of large intestine,
| Between the ribs and hip bones, lateral to umbilical region
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What's in the umbilical region?
| Location?
Small intestine, transverse colon of large intestine, includes umbilicus (navel)
centermost region
72
What's in the Left lateral (lumbar) region?
| Location?
Descending colon of large intestine
| Between the ribs and hip bones, lateral to umbilical region
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What's in the Right inguinal (iliac) region?
| Location?
Cecum, Appendix
| Lateral to hypogastric region and overlies superior parts of hip bones
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What's in the Pubic (hypogastric) region?
| Location?
Urinary bladder
| inferior to umbilical region; surroundsthe pubic area
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What's in the Left inguinal (iliac) region?
Initial part of sigmoid colon
| Lateral to hypogastric region and overlies superior parts of hip bones
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What is the oral cavity and what does it include?
It's called the mouth
| Contains the tongue and teeth
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What is the nasal cavity and what does it include?
It's the nose and part of the respiratory system
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What is the orbital cavity and what does it include?
In the skull and has the eyes
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What is the middle ear cavity and what does it include?
lies medial to the eardrum and transmit sound vibrations to hearing receptors in the inner ears
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What is the synovial cavity and what does it include?
They are joint cavities
- enclosed in fibrous capsules that surround knee and hip joints
- membranes lining this cavity secrete a lubricating fluid that reduces friction
