Anatomy

Question 1

What does Gross Anatomy Mean

Answer 1

Study of Anatomy at the Visible or Macroscopic Level

Question 2

What does Microscopic Anatomy Mean

Answer 2

Study of Anatomy under the microscope

Question 3

What does Surface Anatomy Mean

Answer 3

Study of External Anatomy

Question 4

What does Systematic Anatomy Mean

Answer 4

The study of the Structures that make up a body system, E.G. Musculoskeletal system

Question 5

What does Regional Anatomy Mean

Answer 5

The study of Anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body

Question 6

What are the 5 Main Subclasses of Anatomy

Answer 6

Gross (Macroscopic), Microscopic, Surface, Systematic, Regional

Question 7

What is the Difference between Anatomy and Physiology

Answer 7

Anatomy is Structure, and Physiology is Function and Processes

Question 8

What is Neurophysiology

Answer 8

The study of how the body works with the Nerves and Brain

Question 9

What is Pathophysiology

Answer 9

The study of Diseases on the body

Question 10

What is Palpation

Answer 10

Examining Via Feeling and Touch

Question 11

What is Auscultation

Answer 11

Examining Via Sound and Listening (Commonly via Stethoscope)

Question 12

What is Percussion Examining

Answer 12

Tapping body parts with fingers, hands or instruments as part of an examination

Question 13

What are the Methods of Examination

Answer 13

Inspection, Dissection, Palpations, Auscultation, Percussion, Medical Imaging

Question 14

What are the 5 main features of the Anatomical Position

Answer 14

Standing Upright, Face Forward, Parallel Feet, Arms Hanging at Side, Palms Facing Forward

Question 15

Do we refer to Patients Left or Examiners Left

Answer 15

Always Patients Left or Right

Question 16

What is the difference between a Section and a Plane

Answer 16

A Section is a physical cut or Image from Medical Imaging used to reveal internal anatomy and a Plane is an Imaginary Line / Flat Surface used to separate it into specific Sections

Question 17

What are the 2 Ways to see a Section for Anatomy

Answer 17

Physical Cut or Medical Image Result

Question 18

What are the 3 Major Planes

Answer 18

Sagittal, Frontal (Coronal), Transverse (Horizontal)

Question 19

What is the plane called that Splits Directly down the Centre

Answer 19

Mid Sagittal / Median Plane

Question 20

What Plane divides the body into left and right portions, parallel to the sagittal plane

Answer 20

Parasagittal Plane

Question 21

What Plane Cuts the Subject from Left to Right (facing us)

Answer 21

Frontal / Coronal

Question 22

What Plane Cuts the Subject Horizontally

Answer 22

Transverse / Horizontal

Question 23

What is the Axial Region

Answer 23

Everything but the limbs (Head, Neck and Trunk)

Question 24

What is the Appendicular Region

Answer 24

Upper and Lower Limbs including Shoulder and Pelvis

Question 25

What is a Body Cavity

Answer 25

A Large Space Housing and Protecting Organs

Question 26

What is a Pericardial Cavity

Answer 26

The Cavity Around the Heart

Question 27

What is a Vertebral Cavity

Answer 27

Spine cavity Connected to the Cranial Cavity

Question 28

What are Meninges

Answer 28

They Line the Cranial and Vertebral Cavities and protect Nervous Tissue and Hard Bone

Question 29

What is the Thoracic Cavity

Answer 29

Upper Chest Cavity Separated from Abdominopelvic Cavity by Diaphragm muscle

Question 30

What is a Membrane

Answer 30

A thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a boundary, lining, or partition in an organism

Question 31

What is the Membrane called that is Exposed to the Outside World

Answer 31

Serous Membrane

Question 32

What is the Membrane called that is NOT Exposed to the Outside World

Answer 32

Mucous Membrane

Question 33

What Separates the Thoracic Cavity from the Abdominopelvic Cavity

Answer 33

Diaphragm Muscle

Question 34

What contains esophagus, trachea, heart and major blood vessels

Answer 34

Mediastinum

Question 35

What does Pericardium Mean

Answer 35

Around the Heart

Question 36

What is the Two Layered Serous Membrane Around the Heart

Answer 36

Pericardium

Question 37

What is the Two Layered Serous Membrane Around the Lungs

Answer 37

Pleura

Question 38

What is the Cavity called that contains most of the Digestive System

Answer 38

Abdominal Cavity

Question 39

What contains the lowermost part of large intestine, bladder, urethra, and reproductive organs

Answer 39

Pelvic Cavity

Question 40

What Separates the Abdominal and Pelvic Cavity

Answer 40

The Margin of the Pelvic Inlet

Question 41

What is the Peritoneal Cavity

Answer 41

Potential Space between Parietal and Visceral Peritoneum

Question 42

What is the Outer Serous Membrane that Lines Abdominal Wall

Answer 42

Parietal Peritoneum (serous membrane)

Question 43

What is the Membrane called that holds intestines in (a subcategory of Visceral Peritoneum)

Answer 43

Mesentery Membrane

Question 44

What is the Layer of Tissue called that covers most of the Abdominal Organs

Answer 44

Visceral Peritoneum

Question 45

Where can you find Peritoneum Membrane

Answer 45

Abdominopelvic Cavity

Question 46

What Digestive Organs are Outside the Peritoneum and are only partially covered by Peritoneum

Answer 46

Retroperitoneal Organs (e.g Kidney)

Question 47

What Digestive Organs Are Completely Covered by Peritoneum

Answer 47

Intraperitoneal Organs (E.g. Loops of Small Intestines)