Topic 3: Review of Surface Anatomy

Question 1

refers to the lower part

Answer 1

inferior

Question 2

a plane made by cutting across the body from side to side

Answer 2

coronal plane

Question 3

relating to an organ itself

Answer 3

visceral

Question 4

a plane through the median of the body cutting from front to back through the sagittal suture of the skull

Answer 4

mid sagittal plane

Question 5

a plane made by cutting across the body or part of it at right angles to the long axis

Answer 5

transverse plane

Question 6

it is one type of cancer and is derived from epithelial tissue

Answer 6

carcinoma

Question 7

a type of carcinoma in the colon

Answer 7

adenocarcinoma

Question 8

if the cancerous cells invade the circulatory system, they may be spread via blood vessels, and this process is termed:

Answer 8

hematogenous spread

Question 9

the cells may spread via the lymphatic system, and this termed is called:

Answer 9

lymphatic spread

Question 10

the spread of malignant cancer cells resulting in a secondary tumor distant from the primary lesion is called:

Answer 10

metastasis