Human Physiology and Anatomy

Question 1

What is the anotomical name for tyhe mouth?

Answer 1

The buccal cavity.

Question 2

What is the anotomical name for the jaw?

Answer 2

Mandible

Question 3

Defne Anterior.

Answer 3

Towards the front (Anterior)

Question 4

Defone posterior.

Answer 4

Towards the back. (dorsal)

Question 5

In terms of positions in the body.

Define superior.

Answer 5

Towards the head (Cranial, cephalic)

Question 6

In terms of position in the body.

Define inferior.

Answer 6

Away from the head (caudal)

Question 7

In terms of the position in the body.

Define proxial.

Answer 7

Towards the trunk

Question 8

In terms of the position in the body.

Define distal.

Answer 8

Away from the trunk.

Question 9

What are the 5 different cavities in the body called?

Answer 9

• Cranial cavity
• Vertebral canal
• Abdominal cavity
• Pelvic cavity
• Thoracic cavity

Question 10

What are 11 systems found in the body?

Answer 10

1. The integumentary system
2. The skeletal system
3. The muscular system
4. The nervous system
5. The endocrine system
6. The cardiovascular system
7. The respiratory system
8. The urinary system
9. The lymphatic system
10. The digestive system
11. The reproductive system

Question 11

What is the system made up of skin and structures from the skin called?

Answer 11

The integumentary system

Question 12

Describe the anotomical position?

Answer 12

Stand with head facing forward, arms by the sides, palms facing forwards and fingers pointing down.

Question 13

What 5 regions can the body be split into?

Answer 13

• Head (cephalic)
• Neck
• Trunk
• Upper extremilites (shoulders, arms and hands)
• Lower extremilites (butt, thighs, knees, legs, feet)

Question 14

How does a sagittal plane divide something?

Answer 14

It divides it into left & right

Question 15

How does a midsagittal/ median plane divide something?

Answer 15

It divides it equally into the left and right sides.

Question 16

How does a parasagittal plane divide something?

Answer 16

It divides it unequally into the left & right sides.

Question 17

What is a frontal/ coronal plane?

Answer 17

A vertical plane at right angles to the midline. It divides the body’s anterior & posterior regions.

Question 18

What is a transverse plane?

Answer 18

A plane hat is at right angles to the midsagittal & frontal plane & divides the body into the superior & inferior regions. Cuts across the waist.

Question 19

What is the oblique plane?

Answer 19

A pane at an angle between the transverse & saguttal plane or the transverse & frontal plane.

Question 20

What would it be called if a brain is cut through horizontally?

Answer 20

A transverse/ horizontal plane

Question 21

What would it be called if a brain was cut through vertically?

Answer 21

Frontal/ Coronal plane

Question 22

What would it be called if a brain was cut vetically through the middle?

Answer 22

Midsaittal/ median plane

Question 23

What is the word visceral related to?

Answer 23

The internal organs

Question 24

What is the word pariental related to?

Answer 24

Relates to the body wall

Question 25

What can the cranial & spinal cavitie be grouped into?

Answer 25

The dorsal cavity.

Question 26

What can the thoracic, abdominal & pelvic cavities be grouped together in?

Answer 26

Ventral cavity

Question 27

What 3 cavities can the thoracic cavity be split up into?

Answer 27

• Pericardial cavity (aroundb the heart)
• Pleural cavity (around the lungs)
• Mediastinum cavity (between the lungs & backbone)

Question 28

What are the levels of organisation in the body?

Answer 28

1. Chemical form cells
2. Cells
3. Tissues
4. Organs
5. Systems

Question 29

What are the different types of tissue?

Answer 29

1. Epithilal tissue
2. Connective tissue
3. Muscle tissue
4. Nervous tissue