Chapter 1: Part B

Question 1

What is the standard anatomical position?

Answer 1

body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forward with thumbs pointing away from the body

Question 2

There are two major divisions of the body, what does the axial division describe?

Answer 2

the head, neck, and trunk

Question 3

There are two major divisions of the body, what does the appendicular division describe?

Answer 3

The limbs (legs and arms)

Question 4

What are the three most common body planes?

Answer 4

Sagittal, Frontal, Transverse

Question 5

Describe the sagittal plane

Answer 5

divides the body vertically into right and left parts

Question 6

Describe the midsagittal plane

Answer 6

sagittal cut was made perfectly on the midline

Question 7

Describe the parasagittal plane

Answer 7

sagittal cut was off-centered (not on midline)

Question 8

Describe the frontal plane

Answer 8

divided the body vertically into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts

Question 9

Describe the transverse plane

Answer 9

divides the body horizontally into superior (toward the head) and inferior (away from the head) parts

Question 10

What is an oblique section?

Answer 10

A cut that was made at an angle other than 90 degrees to vertical plane

Question 11

What are the two sets of cavities?

Answer 11

Dorsal and Ventral Body Cavity

Question 12

What are the two subdivisions of dorsal cavities?

Answer 12

Cranial cavity and vertebral cavity

Question 13

Describe the Dorsal Body Cavity

Answer 13

Protects the nervous system

Question 14

Describe the Ventral Body Cavity

Answer 14

Houses the internal organs

Question 15

What are the two subdivisions of the ventral cavity

Answer 15

Thoracic and Abdominopelvic

Question 16

Describe the cranial cavity

Answer 16

houses the brain

Question 17

Describe the vertebral cavity

Answer 17

houses the spinal cord