Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

Cells

Answer 1

Smallest unit of life

Stores genetic information, protein, and metabolism.

Question 2

Tissue

Answer 2

Group of same cell structure and function.
Connective, muscular, nerve, epithelial
Smooth, Skeletal, Cardiac.

Question 3

Organ

Answer 3

Multiple tissues into differentiated structure.

Question 4

Organ System

Answer 4

Arrangement of organs working to achieve unified objectives.

Question 5

Dorsal Cavity

Answer 5

Back of body

Cranial and Spinal

Question 6

Ventral

Answer 6

Front of the body

Thoracic (Heart, Lungs), Abdominal ( digestive system, Kidneys), Pelvic(reproductive, bladder)

Question 7

Anterior or ventral

Answer 7

front side

eyes and navel

Question 8

Posterior or dorsal

Answer 8

back side

buttocks

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

farther away

elbow is distal to the shoulder

Question 10

Proximal

Answer 10

closer

wrist is proximal to the fingers.

Question 11

Superior or cranial

Answer 11

above

neck is superior to the chest

Question 12

Inferior or caudal

Answer 12

below

knee is inferior to the hip

Question 13

Medial

Answer 13

closer to the body’s midline

mouth is medial to the ears

Question 14

Lateral

Answer 14

farther away from the body’s midline

ears are lateral to the nose

Question 15

Superficial

Answer 15

closer to the surface

skin is superficial to bone

Question 16

Deep

Answer 16

farther from the surface

muscles are deep to the skin

Question 17

Abduction

Answer 17

movement away from the body’s midline

picture raising your arm to turn on a light.

Question 18

Adduction

Answer 18

movement toward the body’s midline

picture bringing your arm back to your side.

Question 19

Flexion

Answer 19

movement that decreases the standard angle between two structures
picture bending your knee to sit

Question 20

Extension

Answer 20

movement that increases the standard angle between two structures
picture straightening your knee to stand back up

Question 21

Elevation

Answer 21

moving a body part closer to the head

picture shrugging your shoulders

Question 22

Depression

Answer 22

moving a body part closer to the feet

Question 23

Medial rotation

Answer 23

turning a body part toward the center of the body

picture turning your legs inward so that your toes touch―this is medial rotation of your hip.

Question 24

Lateral rotation

Answer 24

turning a body part away from the center of the body

picture returning your feet to center

Question 25

dorsiflexion and plantarflexion

Answer 25

flexion and extension at the ankle only

Question 26

Body Planes

Answer 26

3

frontal, sagittal, transverse

Question 27

Frontal

Answer 27

coronal

Divide to ventral(front) and dorsal (back)

Question 28

Sagittal

Answer 28

lateral

divides the body into left and right portions

Question 29

Transverse

Answer 29

horizontal

divides the body into superior and inferior (or cranial and caudal) portions.