the body anatomy

Question 1

what is prone?

Answer 1

when face is lying down

Question 2

what is supine?

Answer 2

when the body is facing up

Question 3

what is superior

Answer 3

direction towards the head or upper part of the body

Question 4

what is inferior

Answer 4

direction away from the head or lower part of the body

Question 5

what is anterior?

Answer 5

the direction towards or at the front of the body

Question 6

what is posterior?

Answer 6

direction towards or at the back of the body

Question 7

what is medial?

Answer 7

direction towards or at the middle of the body /
the inner sider

Question 8

what is lateral?

Answer 8

direction away from the midline of the body/ the outer side

Question 9

what is intermediate?

Answer 9

between a more medial and lateral structure, like between two structure

Question 10

what is proximal?

Answer 10

closer to the origin of the body
or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Question 11

what is distal

Answer 11

farther from the origin of the body or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Question 12

what is superficial?

Answer 12

it is the direction towards or at the body surface

Question 13

what is deep?

Answer 13

direction away from the body surface more internal

Question 14

what is ipsilateral?

Answer 14

its on the same side of the body

Question 15

what is contralateral?

Answer 15

its the opposite sides of the body

Question 16

what is parietal?

Answer 16

its the outer wall of the body cavity

Question 17

what is visceral?

Answer 17

the covering of an organ within the ventral body cavity

Question 18

what is sagital?

Answer 18

its vertical plane that divides the body into left and right parts

Question 19

what is frontal?

Answer 19

vertical planes that divide the body into front and back

Question 20

what is transverse?

Answer 20

horizontal planes that divide the body into top and bottom parts

Question 21

what is axial?

Answer 21

it makes up the main parts of the body , head neck or trunk

Question 22

What is appendicular?

Answer 22

consists of appendages which are limbs that are attached to the body

Question 23

what is ruq . rlq and luq and llq and what are they defined bye

Answer 23

Right upper quadrant, right lower quadrant
left upper quadrant and left lower quadrant
- they have one transverse and one median sagittal plane intersecting through the umbilicus

Question 24

what are the small body cavities

Answer 24

oral and digestive cavities: the oral cavity is continuous with the cavity of the digestive organs that eventually at the anus opens to the exterior

nasal cavity: located within and posterior to the nose

orbital cavity: two cavities that hold the eyes

middle ear cavities: two cavities which are carved into the temporal bone of the skull , and they lie just medial to the tympanic membranes ,

synovial cavities: these are joint cavities which are enclosed within fibrous capsules that surround freely movable joint

Question 25

what is the veretbral column

Answer 25

flexible bony column that extends from the base of the skull to the small of the back
they provide attachment for the muscles of the back
and vertebrae are connected to each other via fibrocartilage discs bound by ligament

Question 26

how many vertebrae do humans have?

Answer 26

CTL=3
Cervical 7
thoracic12
lumbar 5
sacrum 5 fused
cocyxx 4 fused

Question 27

what is the upper respiratory?

Answer 27

this includes the nose, nasal cavity, the mouth , throat and the voice box

Question 28

what is the lower respiratory?

Answer 28

the trachea , bronchi, bronchioles and the alveoli

Question 29

how many lobes does the lung have on the right and left

Answer 29

right =3
left 2
as the heart is on the left side

Question 30

what is the conducting zone?

Answer 30

it consists of fairly rigid structured that conducts air to the sites of gaseous exchanges
it cleanses, humidifies and warms the incoming air

Question 31

what is the respiratory zone?

Answer 31

this is where gas exchanges occurs . the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli from the respiratory zone