Lecture 1

Question 1

father of anatomy and his thought

Answer 1

hippocrates
disease is natural

Question 2

aristotle’s thought

Answer 2

humans are animals

Question 3

galen guy

Answer 3

first “surgeon)

Question 4

MODERN DAY anatomy dad

Answer 4

vesalius

Question 5

supine position

Answer 5

lying down facing up
(served soup)

Question 6

prone position

Answer 6

lying down facing down
(no soup)

Question 7

mid-sagittal plane

Answer 7

divides body into equal halves (R & L)

Question 8

para- sagittal plane

Answer 8

divides body into R/L portions
(not straight down the middle)

Question 9

coronal plane

Answer 9

divides body into front and back
(face falls forward, back falls backward)

Question 10

transverse plane

Answer 10

horizontally divides body into top and bottom

Question 11

superior =

Answer 11

above or cranial
(toward head)

Question 12

inferior =

Answer 12

below or caudal
(toward tail)

Question 13

anterior =

Answer 13

front or ventral
(away from back bone)

Question 14

posterior =

Answer 14

back or ventral
(toward backbone)

Question 15

medial =

Answer 15

toward midline of body

Question 16

lateral =

Answer 16

away from midline of body

Question 17

proximal =

Answer 17

closer to reference point

Question 18

distal =

Answer 18

away from reference point

Question 19

what are the 4 abdominopelvic quadrants? and where are they?

Answer 19

left upper quadrant
left lower quadrant
right upper quadrant
right lower quadrant

Question 20

what 6 organs are in left upper quadrant

Answer 20

1. pancreas
2. left kidney
3. spleen
4. stomach
5. liver
6. left adrenal gland

Question 21

what organs are in right upper quadrant

Answer 21

1. liver
2. gallbladder
3. right kidney
4. stomach
5. pancreas
6. right adrenal gland

Question 22

what 3 organs are in left lower quadrant

Answer 22

1. left ureter
2. reproductive organs (ovary, uterus)
3. bladder

Question 23

what organs are in right lower quadrant

Answer 23

1. right ureter
2. reproductive organs (ovary, uterus)
3. bladder
4. appendix

Question 24

what organs are in all of the quadrants?

Answer 24

small and large intestine

Question 25

what are the 9 adominopelvic regions? and where are they?

Answer 25

left hypochondriac = left side. top. below ribs
epigastric = top middle
right hypochondriac = right side. top. below ribs
left lumbar = left middle. lumbar = back
umbilical = center of stomach
right lumbar = right middle.
left iliac = left side. bottom. iliac = pelvis
hypogastric = bottom middle. below stomach
right iliac = right side. bottom

Question 26

what makes up the dorsal cavity?

Answer 26

1. cranial cavity = brain
2. spinal cavity aka vertebral cavity = brain stem & spinal cord

Question 27

what makes up the thoracic cavity

Answer 27

1. pleural cavity = lungs
2. pericardial cavity = heart
3. mediastinum = trachea, esophagus, thymus, aorta