Lab-Chapter 1 Flashcards
- What is Medial?
* Antonym?
- Toward midline
* Lateral
- What does Superior mean?
- Synonym?
- Antonym?
- Above
- Cephalad
- Inferior(caudal)
- What does Superficial mean?
* Antonym?
- Toward Body Surface
* Deep
What is the opposite of Superior?
Inferior
What is the opposite of Inferior?
Superior
What is another term for Superior?
Cephalad
What is another term for Inferior?
Caudal
What term means towards the midline?
Medial
What term means away from the midline?
Lateral
What term means toward the body surface?
Superficial
What term means internal?
Deep
What is a synonym for Anterior?
Ventral
Synonym for Posterior?
Dorsal
Synonym for Dorsal?
Posterior
Synonym for ventral?
Anterior
What does Anterior mean?
Front
What does posterior mean?
Behind
What term refers to where the limb meets body?
Proximal
What term means farther from where limb meets body?
Distal
Saggital separates…
Right from left
Frontal separates…
Anterior from posterior
Transverse separates…
Superior from inferior
Oblique separates…
Top from bottom diagonally
What is the diaphragm?
Large, bowl-shaped muscle of respiration that separates the ventral body cavity
What is the Mediastinum?
It’s in the middle of the thoracic cavity. Main structures: heart, trachea, esophagus and great vessels(aeorta)
What is the Thoracic Cavity?
Part of the ventral body cavity superior to the diaphragm
What are the 3 serous membranes contained by the Thoracic Cavity?
2 pleural cavities(left and right) and 1 pericardial cavity
What do the pleural cavities surround but not contain?
The lungs