Intro To Anatomy

Question 1

The definition of anatomy? And physiology?

Answer 1

The study of structure. The study of function.

Question 2

What is microscopic anatomy?

Answer 2

Something small that can’t be seen w naked eye

Question 3

What is cytology and histológy?

Answer 3

Cytology- study of cells
Histology- study of tissues

Question 4

What is regional anatomy?

Answer 4

Study of structures within single region

Question 5

What is surface anatomy?

Answer 5

Study of internal structures as their locations relate to regions of the skin or other surface marking

Question 6

What is systemic anatomy?

Answer 6

Study of structures involved with a specific activity
Exp: digestion

Question 7

Structural organization of the body

Answer 7

Atoms- molecules- cells- tissues- organs- system- organism

Question 8

What is a section of the body?

Answer 8

The result of a cut or slice of a specimen

Question 9

What is a plane of the body?

Answer 9

Machete
Imaginary flat surface passing through the body at point or angle

Question 10

What are the types of planes?

Coronal?
Transverse?
Sagital?
Oblique?

Answer 10

Coronal- divided back and front of body
Transverse- divides body into upper and lower parts
Sagital: divides body into unequal left and right halves. But mid sagital divide body into equal halves
Oblique: passes through at an angle

Question 11

Anterior vs posterior
Superior vs inferior
Medial vs lateral
Proximal vs pistal

Answer 11

Medial: towards the midline
Lateral: away from midline of body
Proximal: closer to
Pistal- further away

Question 12

What is in the posterior/dorsal aspect?

Answer 12

Cranial cavity (skull bones) and vertebrae canal (spinal cord)

Question 13

What is the anterior/ventral cavities? What’s it made up of? What separates them?

Answer 13

Thoracic (heart and lungs)
Abdominopelvic cavity which obv is divided into the abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity.
Diaphragm

Question 14

What is a serous membrane sac. What are they divided into?

Answer 14

Outer lining of organs/cavities
Divided into 2 layers. Parietal and visceral layer. Parietal is outside and visceral is inside

Question 15

What is the mediastinum?

Answer 15

Where heart is located.

Question 16

What is the serous membrane that surrounds the heart? What are the two layers called? What is in between these layers?

Answer 16

Visceral pericardium: on surface
Parietal Pericardium: outermost
I’m between layers is pericardial space

Question 17

What is the serous membrane in lungs called? What are the 2 layers called? What’s the space in between called?

Answer 17

Pleura
Parietal pleura: out
Visceral pleura: in
Pleural space

Question 18

What is the serous membrane in the abdominopelvic cavity? What are the 2 layers? What is the space?

Answer 18

Peritoneum
Parietal peritoneum and visceral peritoneum
Space is peritoneal space

Question 19

How many andominopelvic regions are there? What are they from left to right?

Answer 19

9 regions
Left hypochondriac-epigastrine-right H
Left lumbar region-umbilical region-RL
Left Iliac- hypogastric- Right iliac

Question 20

What region is liver located in?

Answer 20

First three regions

Question 21

What does flexión, extensión and hyper extension do? What does lateral flexión do?
Abduction?
Adduction?
Circumduction?

Answer 21

F: decrease the angle
E: increase the angle
H: go over
LF: bend at the waist : C
A: move away from midline
A: move towards midline
C: circling

Question 22

Rotational motions:
Lateral rotation
Medial rotation
Pronation
Supination

Answer 22

LR: rotating outward
MR: rotating inward
Pronation: thumbs outwars but flipping over
Supination: thumbs inward flipping outward

Question 23

What are Special movements?
Depression
Elevation
Dorsiflexion
Plantar flexión
Inversión
Eversión
Protraction
Retraction
Opposition

Answer 23

Depresión: shrug shoulders down Elevation shrug up
Dorsiflexion: toes up, plantar flexión; toes point down
Inversion: soles on the left, Eversión; soles on the right
Protraction: underbite. Retraction: overbite
Opposition thumbs and pinky