Chapter 1.1

Question 1

The Anatomical Position for the human body is an ______ view with the body _____, while the arms are at the _____and the palms are turned ______?

Answer 1

anterior (front)
erect
sides
forward

Question 2

What is the reference position which describes body parts and body regions which gives meaning to directional terms?

Answer 2

Anatomical Position

Question 3

How would you define Anterior in relation to position of body parts?

Answer 3

Front or ‘in front of’

Question 4

Define term Posterior in relation to position of body parts.

Answer 4

Back or ‘in back of’

Question 5

Define Superior in relation to position of body parts.

Answer 5

Towards the head

Question 6

Define Inferior in describing position of body parts.

Answer 6

Towards the feet

Question 7

Define the term Medial?

Answer 7

Towards the midline of the body

Question 8

Define the term Lateral?

Answer 8

Towards the side of the body or away from the midline.

Question 9

Explain the term Proximal?

Answer 9

Towards or nearest to the trunk of the body.

Question 10

Define Distal?

Answer 10

Away from or farthest from the trunk of the body.

Question 11

Explain the term Superficial?

Answer 11

Nearer to the Body Surface.

Question 12

Explain term Deep in relation to position of body parts.

Answer 12

Farther away from the body surface

Question 13

What are the two main body cavities?

Answer 13

They are the Dorsal Cavity and the Ventral Body Cavity.

Question 14

The ____ Cavity contains the cranial and vertebral cavities.

Answer 14

Dorsal

Question 15

The ____ Cavity contains the thoracic and abdomino- pelvic cavities.

Answer 15

.Ventral

Question 16

What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 16

The Diaphragm

Question 17

Starting from left to right,top to bottom, in anatomical position, name the 9 abdominal regions?

Answer 17

Right hypochondriac
Epigastric
Left hypochondriac
Right lumbar
umbilical,
Left Lumbar
Right iliac
hypogastric
Left iliac

Question 18

The ascending colon is found in the Right ____ region?

Answer 18

Lumbar

Question 19

The small intestine is found in the?

Answer 19

Umbilical region

Question 20

.The descending colon is situated in the left _____region?

Answer 20

Lumbar

Question 21

Who is commonly affected by gallbladder disease?

Answer 21

3 F’s - fat, forty and female

Question 22

the _______ cavity contains lungs,trachea,heart?

Answer 22

Thoracic cavity

Question 23

What are the two subdivisions of the dorsal cavity and what do they contain.

Answer 23

The cranial cavity which contains the brain which is encased by the skull and the Spinal cavity which contains the spinal cord

Question 24

What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 24

The Diaphragm

Question 25

What does the Abdominal cavity contain?

Answer 25

Intestines, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas.

Question 26

Which region is the liver found in?

Answer 26

Right Hypochondriac region

Question 27

Which region is the spleen found in?

Answer 27

Left Hypochondriac region

Question 28

The _____ region contains the stomach?

Answer 28

Epigastric region

Question 29

The right Iliac region contains?

Answer 29

The cecum

Question 30

The rectum is found in the _____ region?

Answer 30

Hypogastric

Question 31

The descending colon is found in the Left _____ region?

Answer 31

Iliac

Question 32

What organ is found in the lower right quadrant?

Answer 32

The appendix

Question 33

The _____ is the space and organs between the lungs.

Answer 33

Mediastinum

Question 34

Divides the body into equal halves?

Answer 34

Midsagittal Plane

Question 35

Vertical Plane that divides the body into right and left parts?

Answer 35

Sagittal Plane

Question 36

Horizontal plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts?.

Answer 36

Transverse Plane

Question 37

Vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts

Answer 37

Frontal Plane