History of Anatomy

Question 1

Why do we combine the study of a & p; p in one book?

Answer 1

there is a close relationship between how our bodies function and are structured

Question 2

Why must we study a & p?

Answer 2

understanding the normal a&p helps us become aware of anything dysfunctional with injury and disease.

Question 3

what is: the body position that serves as a “starting point” for describing positions and directions for the human body

Answer 3

anatomical position

Question 4

to describe the human body and it’s movements, we imagine that there are three ___, or flat surfaces, passing through the center of the body. we use these ___ to help describe motions of the body and the body segments when they are aligned with the direction of one of these ____.

Answer 4

planes

Question 5

what plane divides the body into right and left portions-forward and backward motions of the body or body parts

Answer 5

sagittal plane

Question 6

what plane divides the body into front and back portions- sideways movements the body or body parts

Answer 6

frontal plane

Question 7

what plane divides the body into top and bottom portions - rotational movements of the body or the body parts

Answer 7

transverse plane

Question 8

cdt: closer to the head

Answer 8

cdt: superior cranial

Question 9

cdt: away from the head

Answer 9

cdt: inferior (caudal)

Question 10

cdt: toward the front of the body

Answer 10

cdt: anterior ( ventral)

Question 11

cdt: toward the back of the body

Answer 11

cdt: posterior (dorsal)

Question 12

cdt: toward the midline of the body

Answer 12

cdt: medial

Question 13

cdt: away from the midline of the body

Answer 13

cdt: lateral

Question 14

cdt: closer to the trunk

Answer 14

cdt: proximal

Question 15

cdt: away from the trunk

Answer 15

cdt: distal

Question 16

cdt: toward the surface of the body

Answer 16

cdt: superficial

Question 17

cdt: away from the surface of the body

Answer 17

cdt: deep

Question 18

t/f: the frontal plane divides the body into left and right halves

Answer 18

false

Question 19

t/f: proximal means closer to the trunk

Answer 19

true

Question 20

t/f: lateral means away from the midline of the body

Answer 20

true

Question 21

t/f: posterior dorsal means toward the front of the body

Answer 21

false

Question 22

t/f: medial means toward the midline of the body

Answer 22

true

Question 23

t/f: superficial means away from the surface of the body

Answer 23

false

Question 24

what are: located toward the back (or posterior side) of the body, cranial and spinal

Answer 24

dorsal (posterior) cavities

Question 25

holds the brain

Answer 25

cranial

Question 26

holds spinal

Answer 26

spinal

Question 27

located at the front (or anterior side) of the body, and have subdivisions

Answer 27

ventral (anterior) cavities

Question 28

houses the heart and lungs, among other organs

Answer 28

thoracic

Question 29

t/f: a structure separates these cavities-

abdominal + pelvic

Answer 29

true

Question 30

t/f: the abdominal cavity contains the stomach and other digestive organs

Answer 30

true

Question 31

t/f: the pelvic cavity holds reproductive and extretory organs

Answer 31

true