Chapter 1

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

Common frame of reference used to describe all body parts and regions.

Question 2

Anterior (ventral)

Answer 2

Front in humans

Question 3

Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 3

Back in humans

Question 4

Superior (cranial)

Answer 4

Towards head

Question 5

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 5

Towards tail

Question 6

Proximal

Answer 6

Closer to point of origin

Question 7

Distal

Answer 7

More distant from point of origin

Question 8

Medial

Answer 8

Closer to midline

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

Further away from midline

Question 10

Superficial

Answer 10

Structures closer to surface of body

Question 11

Deep

Answer 11

Further away from surface

Question 12

Axial

Answer 12

Head, neck, and trunk

Question 13

Appendicular

Answer 13

upper and lower limbs or appendages

Question 14

Sagittal plane

Answer 14

Divides body or body part into right and left sections

Question 15

Midsagittal plane

Answer 15

Divides body or body part into equal left and right sections

Question 16

Parasagittal plane

Answer 16

Divides body or body part into unequal right and left sections

Question 17

Frontal plane

Answer 17

Divides body or body part into anterior and posterior sections

Question 18

Transverse plane

Answer 18

Divides body or body part into Superior and inferior sections or proximal and distal sections for structures of appendicular region

Question 19

Posterior body cavity

Answer 19

Subdivided into the cranial cavity and the vertebral cavity

Question 20

Cranial cavity

Answer 20

Within skull, protects brain

Question 21

Vertebral cavity

Answer 21

Within vertebral column protects spinal cord

Question 22

Cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 22

Fluid protecting the spinal cord

Question 23

Thoracic cavity

Answer 23

And its subdivisions are superior to the diaphragm. Divided into the plural cavities, mediastinum, pericardial cavity.

Question 24

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 24

Its subdivisions are inferior to the diaphragm. Subdivided into Superior abdominal cavity, and pelvic cavity. Contains organs from several systems

Question 25

Pleural cavities

Answer 25

Surround either left or right lung

Question 26

Mediastinum

Answer 26

Between plural cavities; houses the heart, great vessels, trachea, and esophagus. Not with a serous membrane that surrounds the heart

Question 27

Pericardial cavity

Answer 27

Within mediastinum with serous membrane that surrounds heart

Question 28

Abdominal cavity

Answer 28

Diaphragm to bony pelvis contains organs from several systems, digestive, lymphatic.

Question 29

Pelvic cavity

Answer 29

Within the bony pelvis. Contains organs from several systems reproductive, and urinary.

Question 30

Peritoneal cavity

Answer 30

An abdominal subcavity found within serous membrane

Question 31

Right and left hypochondriac regions

Answer 31

Means below the chondriac region.

Question 32

Epigastric region

Answer 32

In between the left and right hypochondriac regions

Question 33

Right and left lumbar regions

Answer 33

Below the right and left hypochondriac regions

Question 34

Umbilical region

Answer 34

Below the epigastric region

Question 35

Right and left iliac region

Answer 35

Below the right and left lumbar regions

Question 36

Hypogastric region

Answer 36

Below the umbilical region, below the gastric system

Question 37

Serous membrane

Answer 37

Thin sheets of tissue that form anterior body cavities, single, continuous layer of tissue; folds over itself to create a double layered structure.

Question 38

Visceral layer

Answer 38

In contact with underlying organ

Question 39

Parietal layer

Answer 39

Outermost layer attached to surrounding structures

Question 40

Serous fluid

Answer 40

Extremely thin layer of fluid within cavity between parietal and visceral membrane layers, watery, slippery lubricant prevents friction from movement of organs