language of anatomy

Question 1

what is anatomical position?

Answer 1

accurate description of a region or part of the body

Question 2

what is the supine position?

Answer 2

body is lying face up

Question 3

what is the prone position?

Answer 3

body is laying face down

Question 4

what is the superior as a directional term?

Answer 4

towards head or upper part of structure/above

Question 5

what is the inferior as a directional term?

Answer 5

away from head/ below

Question 6

what is the superficial as a directional term?

Answer 6

towards or at the body surface (skin)

Question 7

what is deep as a directional term?

Answer 7

away from body surface (skin)

Question 8

what is anterior as a directional term?

Answer 8

towards or at front of body

Question 9

what is posterior as a directional term?

Answer 9

towards or at back of the body

Question 10

what is medial as a directional term?

Answer 10

towards or at the midline of the body

Question 11

what is lateral as a directional term?

Answer 11

away from midline

Question 12

what is proximal as a directional term?

Answer 12

closer to attachment of limb to the body trunk (eg. hip, shoulder)

Question 13

what is distal as a directional term?

Answer 13

further from attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Question 14

how can the body be divided into two principal regions (regional terms)?

Answer 14

axial and appendicular regions

Question 15

what does the axial region primarily consist of?

Answer 15

head, neck and trunk

Question 16

what does the appendicular region primarily consist of?

Answer 16

includes upper and lower limbs

Question 17

what does cardi- mean?

Answer 17

heart

Question 18

what does myo- mean?

Answer 18

muscle

Question 19

what does gastr- mean?

Answer 19

stomach

Question 20

what does osteo- mean?

Answer 20

bone

Question 21

what are the two major body cavities?

Answer 21

dorsal and ventral body cavities

Question 22

what can the ventral body cavity be subdivided into?

Answer 22

thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Question 23

what can the dorsal body cavity be subdivided into?

Answer 23

cranial and vertebral cavities

Question 24

where is the cranial cavity located?

Answer 24

within skull surrounding brain

Question 25

where is the vertebral cavity located?

Answer 25

within vertebral column and surrounds spinal cord

Question 26

what is the thoracic cavity surrounded by?

Answer 26

ribs, sternum and muscles of the chest

Question 27

what is contained within the thoracic cavity?

Answer 27

heart, lungs, oesophagus and trachea

Question 28

within the thoracic cavity what cavities also surround the lungs?

Answer 28

pleural cavities

Question 29

within the thoracic cavity what other cavity surrounds the heart?

Answer 29

pericardial cavity

Question 30

what cavity within the thoracic cavity surrounds the oesophagus and trachea?

Answer 30

superior mediastinum

Question 31

how is the abdominopelvic cavity even further subdivided?

Answer 31

abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 32

what does the abdominal cavity within the abdominopelvic cavity contain?

Answer 32

stomach, liver and intestines

Question 33

what does the pelvic cavity within the abdominopelvic cavity contain?

Answer 33

bladder, rectum and some reproductive organs

Question 34

what are the three main anatomical planes used to cut through the body?

Answer 34

sagittal, frontal and transverse planes

Question 35

how does the sagittal plane divide the body?

Answer 35

divides into left and right

Question 36

what is it called when the sagittal plane divides the body equally through midline?

Answer 36

midsagittal plane

Question 37

what is it called when the sagittal plane does not pass through the midline?

Answer 37

parasagittal plane

Question 38

how does the frontal plane divide the body?

Answer 38

divided into anterior and posterior

Question 39

how does the transverse plane divide the body?

Answer 39

horizontal plane that divides into superior and inferior

Question 40

what is a movement term?

Answer 40

used to describe the movement produced when a skeletal muscle contracts and a specific part of the body moves

Question 41

what is flexion as a movement term?

Answer 41

movement that decreases angle of joint

Question 42

what is extension as a movement term?

Answer 42

movement that increases angle of joint

Question 43

what is elevation as a movement term?

Answer 43

upward movement

Question 44

what is depression as a movement term?

Answer 44

downward movement

Question 45

what is protraction as a movement term?

Answer 45

movement anteriorly (forwards)

Question 46

what is retraction as a movement term?

Answer 46

movement posteriorly (backwards)

Question 47

what is supination as a movement term?

Answer 47

movement of palm forward or upwards

Question 48

what is pronation as a movement term?

Answer 48

movement of palm to face backwards or downwards

Question 49

what is abduction as a movement term?

Answer 49

movement of body part away from midline

Question 50

what is adduction as a movement term?

Answer 50

movement of body part towards midline

Question 51

what is circumduction as a movement term?

Answer 51

movement of distal end of a limb in a circle

Question 52

what is rotation as a movement term?

Answer 52

movement of a bone around its own longitudinal axis

Question 53

what is inversion as a movement term?

Answer 53

side of foot turns medally

Question 54

what is eversion as a movement term?

Answer 54

side of foot turns laterally

Question 55

what is dorsiflexion as a movement term?

Answer 55

upward movement of foot at ankle

Question 56

what is plantar flexion as a movement term?

Answer 56

downward movement of foot at ankle