Introduction/Terminology

Question 1

Define: superficial

Answer 1

nearer to surface

e.g. muscles of arm are superficial to its bone

Question 2

Define: Intermediate

Answer 2

Between a superficial and a deep structure

e.g. biceps muscle is intermediate between skin and humerus

Question 3

Define: Deep

Answer 3

Farther from surface

e.g. the humerus is deep to the arm muscles

Question 4

Define: superior (cranial)

Answer 4

Nearer to the head

e.g. the heart is superior to the stomach

Question 5

Define: Medial

Answer 5

Nearer to median plane

e.g. the 5th digit is on the medial side of the hand

Question 6

Define: Lateral

Answer 6

Further from the median plane

e.g. the 1st digit is on the lateral side of the hand

Question 7

Define: Posterior

Answer 7

Nearer to the back

e.g. the heel is posterior to the toes

Question 8

Define: Inferior

Answer 8

Nearer to the feet

e.g. the stomach is inferior to the heart

Question 9

Define: Anterior (ventral)

Answer 9

Nearer to the front

e.g. the toes are anterior to the ankle

Question 10

Define: Proximal

Answer 10

Nearer to the trunk or origin point

e.g. the elbow is proximal to the wrist

Question 11

Define: Distal

Answer 11

Farther from the trunk or point of origin

e.g. the wrist is distal to the elbow, the hand is the distal part of the upper limb

Question 12

Which sectional plane appears to split the brain into a right and left side?

Answer 12

Sagittal plane

Question 13

Which sectional plane appears to split the brain into an anterior and posterior side?

Answer 13

Frontal Plane

Question 14

Which sectional plane appears to split the brain into a top and bottom?

Answer 14

Transverse plane

Question 15

Which type of joint are:

suture lines, syndesmosis (such as the antebrachial interosseous membrane) and gomphosis?

Answer 15

Fibrous joints
(A gomphosis, also known as a dentoalveolar syndesmosis, is a joint that binds the teeth to bony teeth sockets in the maxillary bone and mandible.)

Question 16

Which type of joint is fond at the 1st rib, or at epiphyseal plates?

Answer 16

Primary cartilaginous joints (synchondrosis)

Question 17

What is a synchondrosis?

Answer 17

An almost immovable joint (such as between the first rib and the sternum) where adjacent bones are connected by hyaline cartilage. This may also be temporary such as in epiphyseal growth plates

Question 18

Which type of joint are intervertebral joints and the pubic symphysis?

Answer 18

Secondary cartilaginous (symphesis)

Question 19

What type of joint are the elbow joint and carpo-metacarpal joints?

Answer 19

Synovial joints

Question 20

What are the 5 types of synovial joint?

Answer 20

Hinge, ellipsoid, saddle, plane and ball-and-socket