terms of body regions

Question 1

what is the anatomical position

Answer 1

Standing up straight facing forward with your hands by your side with plams facing forward.

Question 2

what are the 3 anatomical planes

Answer 2

Prone: lying face down position
Supine: lying face upwards on your back
Recumbent: lying on your side eg. right lateral recumbent.

Question 3

What is anatomical directional terminology

Answer 3

Directional terms are used to actuarially describe the location of a body part

Question 4

What are the 4 terms used for directional terminology

Answer 4

1. Frontal plane: a vertical plane that devides the body in half. ( splits the body in half from the side exposing the front of the body.
2. Sagittal plane: splits vertically through the body dividing it into left and right.
3. Mid Sagital: centre of the body dividing it into equal left and right
4. Transverse plane: cuts in half from stomach looking down.

Question 5

What is the term to describe towards the head

Answer 5

Superior

e.g the heart is superior to the head

Question 6

What is the term to describe further from the head

Answer 6

Inferior

e.g. stomach is inferior to the lungs

Question 7

What is the term to describe towards the back of the body

Answer 7

Prosterior

Question 8

What is the term to describe towards the front of the body

Answer 8

Anterior

Question 9

What is the term to describe nearer to the attachment of a limb of a trunk.

Answer 9

Proximal

e.g the upper arm is proximal to the lower arm

Question 10

What is the term to describe further from the attachment of a limb or a trunk

Answer 10

Distal

e.g the finger tips are distal to the upper hand

Question 11

What is the term to describe towards or on the surface of the body

Answer 11

Superficial

Question 12

What is the term to describe away from surface of the body

Answer 12

deep

Question 13

what are the 4 directional terms

Answer 13

1. Unilateral: one side if the body only
2. Bilateral: both sides of the body
3. Ipsilateral: same side of the body
4. Contralateral: opposite sides of the body

Question 14

What is the Axial region

Answer 14

head neck and trunk

Question 15

What is the appendicular region

Answer 15

upper and lower limbs
upper: arm, wrist, hand finger
Lower: leg, ankle, foot, toes

Question 16

What are the 4 abdominopelvic quadrants?

Answer 16

1. right upper quadrant (RUQ)
2. right lower quadrant (RLQ)
3. left upper quadrant (LUQ)
4. left lower quadrant (LLQ)

Question 17

What does the cranial cavity enclose

Answer 17

Brain

Question 18

What does the vertebral cavity enclose

Answer 18

Spine

Question 19

What does the thoracic cavity enclose

Answer 19

Centre of the chest

Contains the heart, lungs

Question 20

What is the serious membrane

Answer 20

thin slippery, double layered membrane that covers the viscera of the abdominal cavities

Question 21

What is parietal layer

Answer 21

double sided serous membrane that lines all walls of the cavity

Question 22

What is parietal layer

Answer 22

double sided serous membrane that lines all walls of the cavity

Question 23

What is serous fluid

Answer 23

reduces the friction between 2 layers, allowing a degree of movement when the body moves.

Question 24

what is the serous membrane within abdominal cavity called

Answer 24

Peritcheum

Question 25

Whats the membrane called that folds around the organs to hold them in place

Answer 25

Visceral Peritoneum

Question 26

What is the serous membrane layer that stuck to the inside of the abdominal wall

Answer 26

Parietal Peritoneum