Week 1 Lecture 1

Question 1

Do the anatomical position

Answer 1

standing erect
* feet together
* eyes forward
* palms face anteriorly
* thumbs pointing away
from body

Question 2

Superior (cranial)

Answer 2

toward head end or upper body of a structure or the body; above

Question 3

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 3

Away from the head end or toward the lower

Question 4

Anterior (ventral)

Answer 4

Toward or at the front of the body; in front of

Question 5

Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 5

Toward or at the back of the body; behind

Question 6

Medial

Answer 6

Toward or at the midline of the body on the inner side of

Question 7

Lateral

Answer 7

Away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Superficial (external)

Answer 10

Toward or at the body surface

Question 11

Deep (internal)

Answer 11

Away from the body surface; more internal

Question 12

Ipsilateral

Answer 12

On the same side

Question 13

Contralateral

Answer 13

On opposite sides

Question 14

Frontal (coronal) plane

Answer 14

crown

Question 15

Sagittal

Answer 15

Divide in half like midsagittal

Question 16

Transverse

Answer 16

Divide into superior and inferior points

Question 17

Central nervous system

Answer 17

• brain and spinal cord
• integrative and control center

Question 18

Sensory (afferent)

Answer 18

Sensory nerves carry signals to your brain to help you touch, taste, smell and see.

Question 19

Motor (efferent)

Answer 19

Motor nerves carry signals to your muscles or glands to help you move and function.

Question 20

Somatic nervous system (under motor)

Answer 20

Voluntary, somatic movements. Conducts impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles

Question 21

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 21

Vsceral motor system (involuntary), conducts impulses from the CNS to cariac muscles, smooth muscles and glands

Question 22

Spinal nerve

Answer 22

Part of the peripheral nervous
system
* Mixed nerve carrying motor and
sensory information between
the spinal cord and body
* 31 pairs of nerves

Question 23

Foreamen meaning

Answer 23

hole