Intro to Anatomy

Question 1

What is visible (Gross anatomy)?

Answer 1

Anatomy that studies comparisons, functions, and pathology of systems.

Question 2

What are used to study anatomy?

Answer 2

CT, ultrasound, MRI, etc.

Question 3

What does clinical anatomy study?

Answer 3

It studies the structure, function, organization and relationships within an organism in the context of the maintenance of a healthy patient and the prevention and treatment of disease.

Question 4

What are organs?

Answer 4

Different tissue types that work together to perform specific, complex functions.

Question 5

How many organ systems are there?

Answer 5

11

Question 6

integumentary system

Answer 6

dermatology; consist of hair, skin, nails and sweat glands. Provides protection, regulates body temperature, synthesizes vitamin D, and prevents water loss.

Question 7

skeletal system

Answer 7

osteology; provides support and protection and is the site of blood cell production. It stores calcium and phosphorus and allows for body movement.

Question 8

muscular system

Answer 8

myology; produces body movement and generates heat when muscles contract. Also a center for storage of protein.

Question 9

nervous system

Answer 9

neurology; regulatory system that controls body movement. Responds to sensory stimuli and helps control all other systems of the body.

Question 10

endocrine system

Answer 10

consists of glands and cell clusters that secrete hormones, some of which regulate body and cellular growth, chemical levels in the body and reproduction functions and metabolism.

Question 11

cardiovascular system

Answer 11

angiology; consists of a pump that moves blood through vessels in order to distribute hormones, nutrients, gases and pick up waste products.

Question 12

lymphatic

Answer 12

angiology; transports and filters lympth (interstitial fluid) and initiates immune responses. Contains IF that drains into blood stream.

Question 13

respiratory system

Answer 13

pulmonology; responsible for exchange of gases between blood and air in the lungs.

Question 14

digestive

Answer 14

alimentary; mechanically and chemically digests food materials.

Question 15

urinary system

Answer 15

urology; filters the blood and removes waste products from the blood. Concentrates waste products in the form of urine, and expels urine from the body.

Question 16

What is the axial region?

Answer 16

Head, neck, trunk

Question 17

What is the appendicular region?

Answer 17

limbs

Question 18

cervical

Answer 18

neck

Question 19

frontal

Answer 19

forehead

Question 20

cephalic

Answer 20

head

Question 21

buccal

Answer 21

cheek

Question 22

mental

Answer 22

chin

Question 23

deltoid

Answer 23

shoulder

Question 24

axillary

Answer 24

armpit

Question 25

brachial

Answer 25

arm

Question 26

anteculbital

Answer 26

front of elbow

Question 27

antebrachial

Answer 27

forearm

Question 28

carpal

Answer 28

wrist

Question 29

palmar

Answer 29

palm

Question 30

digital

Answer 30

finger

Question 31

coxal

Answer 31

hip

Question 32

femoral

Answer 32

thigh

Question 33

patellar

Answer 33

knee

Question 34

crural

Answer 34

leg

Question 35

pes

Answer 35

foot

Question 36

tarsal

Answer 36

ankle

Question 37

thoracic

Answer 37

sternal (sternum), pectoral (chest), mammary (breast)

Question 38

inguinal

Answer 38

groin

Question 39

cranical

Answer 39

surrounding the brain

Question 40

occipital

Answer 40

back of head

Question 41

otic

Answer 41

ear

Question 42

olecranal

Answer 42

elbow

Question 43

gluteal

Answer 43

buttock

Question 44

popliteal

Answer 44

back of knee

Question 45

What is regional anatomy?

Answer 45

study of anatomy based on regions of the body; emphasizes relationships among structures.

Question 46

What is systemic anatomy?

Answer 46

study of anatomy based on organ systems.

Question 47

What does the coronal plane divide?

Answer 47

the anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) parts of the body.

Question 48

What does the transverse plane divide?

Answer 48

the inferior (caudal) and superior (cranial) parts of the body.

Question 49

What does the sagittal plane divide?

Answer 49

Left and right parts of the body (medial/ldeep, lateral/superifical).

Question 50

What two cavities are at the posterior aspect of the body?

Answer 50

cranial cavity (brain) and vertebral canal (spinal cord)

Question 51

What do serious membranes do?

Answer 51

Line the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities and cover organs.

Question 52

Where is the parietal layer of the serous membrane?

Answer 52

the internal surface of the body wall.

Question 53

Where is the visceral layer of the serous membrane?

Answer 53

the external surface of organs within the cavity.

Question 54

What is the serous cavity?

Answer 54

A thin cavity between the parietal and visceral layers that contains a lubricating agent or serous fluid. It reduces friction and helps the organs move smoothly against one another.

Question 55

What is the mediastinum?

Answer 55

The median space in the thoracic cavity.

Question 56

What does the medistinum contain?

Answer 56

heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea and major blood vessels to the heart.

Question 57

Where is the pericardium?

Answer 57

Inside the mediastinum. It encloses the heart.

Question 58

What is in the left and right sides of the thoracic cavity?

Answer 58

the lungs. They are lined by a two-layered serous membrane called the pleura. Parietal - cavity - visceral

Question 59

What is the peritoneum?

Answer 59

A mooist, two-layered serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity. It is greatly innervated.

Question 60

How many abdominopelvic regions are there?

Answer 60

9.2 ilium,2 lumbar,2 hypochondriac, epigastric, umbilical, hypogastric.