Medical Terminology Pt2

Question 1

Anatomic position

Answer 1

Standing up, facing forward, arms at side palms facing forward

Question 2

Sagittal or median plane

Answer 2

Divides body into left and right

Question 3

Frontal or coronal plane

Answer 3

Divides body into front and back

Question 4

Transverse or horizontal plane

Answer 4

Divides body into upper and lower

Question 5

Dorsal cavities (main two)

Answer 5

Cranial (head) and spinal

Question 6

Cranial cavity

Answer 6

Contains the brain

Question 7

Spinal cavity

Answer 7

Contains the spinal cord

Question 8

Cranial cavity

Answer 8

Contains the brain

Question 9

Spinal cavity

Answer 9

Contains the spinal cord

Question 10

Ventral cavities

Answer 10

Thoracic and abdominopelvic

Question 11

Thoracic cavity

Answer 11

Contains the heart and lungs

Question 12

Lungs

Answer 12

Air sacs of the body

Question 13

Mediastinum

Answer 13

Área between the lungs containing the heart, aorta and esophagus

Question 14

Lined with two layered membrane called pleura

Answer 14

Parietal pleura and visceral pleura

Question 15

Parietal (outside) pleura

Answer 15

Outside layer pressed up against the ribs

Question 16

Visceral pleura

Answer 16

Inside layer pressed up against the lungs

Question 17

Abdominopelvic cavity (stomach area)

Answer 17

Contains the organs of digestion and reproduction, contains the internal organs called viscera

Question 18

Lined with a two layered membrane called peritoneum

Answer 18

Parietal layer and visceral layer

Question 19

Parietal layer

Answer 19

Outside later pressed up against abdominal wall

Question 20

Visceral layer

Answer 20

Inside layer pressed up against organs