Terminology of Anatomy

Question 1

Study of anatomy

Answer 1

Study of structures of organisms

Question 2

Study of physiology

Answer 2

Study of the function of an organism

Question 3

Histology

Answer 3

Study of cell structure of tissue

Question 4

Clinical anatomy

Answer 4

Related to pathology, especially surgery

Question 5

Comparative anatomy

Answer 5

Interspecies comparisons

Question 6

Embryology

Answer 6

Study of cells from conception to birth

Question 7

Descriptive anatomy

Answer 7

Anatomy related to systems of the body

Question 8

Axial skeleton: body parts and axis

Answer 8

Head and trunk, spine is axis

Question 9

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 9

Appendages: upper and lower limbs. Shoulder to fingers and pelvis to toes.

Question 10

Coronal plane

Answer 10

Body into front and back halves (think crown)

Question 11

Sagittal plane

Answer 11

Body into right and left halves (Sagitarius splitting body with an arrow)

Question 12

Transverse plane

Answer 12

Divides body into top half and bottom half (different for animals)

Question 13

Anterior

Answer 13

Towards the front of the body

Question 14

Posterior

Answer 14

Towards the back of the body

Question 15

Ventral

Answer 15

belly side/front

Question 16

Dorsal

Answer 16

Back/spine

Question 17

Rostral/cranial

Answer 17

Toward nose or skull

Question 18

Caudal

Answer 18

toward the tail

Question 19

Adduct

Answer 19

move toward the midline

Question 20

Abduct

Answer 20

Move away from the midline

Question 21

Neuraxis

Answer 21

Axis of the brain

Question 22

Directional terms in the brain

Answer 22

Differ from body because of flexure
Superior = dorsal
Inferior = ventral
Anterior =rostral
Posterior = caudal

Question 23

Distal

Answer 23

farther from trunk

Question 24

Proximal

Answer 24

closer to trunk

Question 25

Lateral

Answer 25

Away from midline

Question 26

Medial

Answer 26

Toward midline

Question 27

Prone

Answer 27

face down

Question 28

Supine

Answer 28

face up

Question 29

Flexion

Answer 29

bending at joint

Question 30

Extension

Answer 30

straighten joint

Question 31

Plantar

Answer 31

sole of foot

Question 32

palmar

Answer 32

palm of hand

Question 33

trunk/torso components

Answer 33

thorax (chest) + abdomen (belly)

Question 34

dorsal trunk

Answer 34

back

Question 35

Portions of skull

Answer 35

Cranial + facial

Question 36

Components of facial part of the skull (5)

Answer 36

Mouth pharynx nasal cavity and structures related to upper airway and mastication (chewing)

Question 37

parts of cranial cavity

Answer 37

brain + vertebral canal

Question 38

thoracic cavity

Answer 38

lungs and related structures

Question 39

pericardial cavity

Answer 39

heart

Question 40

abdominal cavity

Answer 40

digestive organs