nomenclature

Question 1

What is anatomy?

Answer 1

the study of the structure of the body

Question 2

What is physiology?

Answer 2

the study of the functions of the body.

Question 3

what is respiration?

Answer 3

breathing.

Question 4

what is phonation?

Answer 4

voicing or making sounds in the vocal folds/larynx.

Question 5

what is articulation?

Answer 5

moving the mouth, speaking, and modifying the airflow.

Question 6

what is mastication & deglutition?

Answer 6

chewing and swallowing.

Question 7

what is neuroanatomy?

Answer 7

anatomy or structures of the brain.

Question 8

what is audition?

Answer 8

hearing.

Question 9

what is an impairment?

Answer 9

an impairment is an absence of or significant difference in a person’s body structure or function or mental functioning.

Question 10

what is a structural impairment?

Answer 10

structural impairments are significant problems with an internal or external component of the body (ex: cleft palate: a hole in the palate)

Question 11

what is a function impairment?

Answer 11

function impairments include the complete or partial loss of function of a body part. (ex: speech/sound disorder or feeding disorder due to cleft palate)

Question 12

missing adult teeth, and having a right-side aortic arch are examples of what kind of variation?

Answer 12

normal variation.

Question 13

having all 4 wisdom teeth, and having all 4 wisdom teeth are examples of what kind of variation?

Answer 13

atypical (unusual) variations (still functional).

Question 14

having a cleft palate, or sensory/perception disorders are examples of what kind of variation?

Answer 14

disordered variation - not functional.

Question 15

if it is disrupting the daily life, it is a ___

Answer 15

disorder (non-functional) variation

Question 16

what does the sagittal place separate?

Answer 16

left from right

Question 17

what does the coronal (crown) plane separate?

Answer 17

front from back

Question 18

what does the transverse plane separate?

Answer 18

top and bottom

Question 19

anterior & posterior

Answer 19

front and behind

Question 20

superior & inferior

Answer 20

above and below (top and bottom)

Question 21

medial

Answer 21

towards midline

Question 22

lateral

Answer 22

away from the midline (towards the sides)

Question 23

proximal

Answer 23

towards the trunk or origin (up legs & arms to shoulder)

Question 24

distal

Answer 24

away from the trunk or origin (towards the digits)

Question 25

superficial

Answer 25

on the surface (on the skin)

Question 26

deep

Answer 26

towards the center

Question 27

in humans, anterior = ___ (towards the stomach) and posterior = ___ (toward the back)

Answer 27

ventral and dorsal

Question 28

supine

Answer 28

lay face up

Question 29

prone

Answer 29

lay face down

Question 30

abduct

Answer 30

to move away (kidnap)

Question 31

adduct

Answer 31

to move towards (bring together)f

Question 32

flex

Answer 32

to close the joint

Question 33

extend

Answer 33

to open the joint

Question 34

protrude

Answer 34

to move outward (stick out tongue)

Question 35

retract

Answer 35

to bring back

Question 36

elevate

Answer 36

lift up or raise

Question 37

depress

Answer 37

lower