Unit 1- Directional Terms

Question 1

What is Anatomy?

Answer 1

The study of Structure

Question 2

What is Physiology?

Answer 2

study of function

Question 3

Homostasis

Answer 3

the ability to maintain a stable internal environment

Question 4

negative feedback

Answer 4

the output shuts off the original stimulus

Question 5

positive feedback

Answer 5

the output enhances or exaggerated the original stimulus

Question 6

frontal cut

Answer 6

middle from side view (front and back)

Question 7

transverse cut

Answer 7

separating superior and inferior (top and bottom)

Question 8

medial

Answer 8

middle

Question 9

lateral

Answer 9

away from the middle

Question 10

anterior

Answer 10

towards the front

Question 11

posterior

Answer 11

towards the back

Question 12

superior

Answer 12

above

Question 13

inferior

Answer 13

below

Question 14

proximal

Answer 14

nearer to the trunk of the body

Question 15

distal

Answer 15

further from the trunk of the body

Question 16

superficial

Answer 16

near the surface

Question 17

deep

Answer 17

away from the surface of the body (internal)

Question 18

intermediate

Answer 18

between two structures

Question 19

palmar

Answer 19

palm of hand

Question 20

plantar

Answer 20

bottom of foot

Question 21

caudal

Answer 21

toward the tail

Question 22

dorsal

Answer 22

toward the back on an aniamal

Question 23

dorsal

Answer 23

toward the back on an aniamal

Question 24

ventral

Answer 24

toward the belly on an animal

Question 25

sagittal cut

Answer 25

divides the body into right and left portions (down the middle)