Chapter 5

Question 1

Anatomic position

Answer 1

Upright, facing front, arms at sides, palms forward and feet parallel.

Question 2

Frontal/coronall plane

Answer 2

Made at right angles to the midline and divides the body into anterior (face, stomach, quads, knees, etc.) and posterior (back of head, back, butt, calves etc.)

Question 3

Sagittal plane

Answer 3

Divides body into halves, right and left sides but does not have to be equal sides.

Question 4

Medial plane, midsagittal plane

Answer 4

A plane that divides the body into right and left sides that passes directly through the midline to create equal sides.

Question 5

Transverse plane

Answer 5

Divides the body horizontally to create superior and inferior parts.

Question 6

Cranial cavity

Answer 6

Contains dorsal cavity and brain

Question 7

Dorsal cavity

Answer 7

Contains the brain

Question 8

Spinal cavity

Answer 8

Contains spinal cord

Question 9

Thoracic cavity

Answer 9

Ventral cavity above diaphragm (chest cavity)

Question 10

Abdominal cavity

Answer 10

Large ventral cavity below diaphragm and pelvic cavity

Question 11

Diaphragm

Answer 11

Large muscle used in the function of breathing

Question 12

Pelvic cavity

Answer 12

Ventral cavity below the abdominal cavity

Question 13

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 13

Large ventral cavity between diaphragm and pelvis that includes the abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 14

Peritoneum

Answer 14

Large membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and covers the organs within it.

Question 15

Epigastric

Answer 15

Region above stomach

Question 16

Umbilical

Answer 16

Navel region

Question 17

Hypogastric

Answer 17

Region below stomach

Question 18

Hypochondriac

Answer 18

Right and left regions near root of ribs

Question 19

Lumbar

Answer 19

Left and Right regions near small of the back

Question 20

Iliac

Answer 20

Left and Right regions of the hip and groin

Question 21

Anterior

Answer 21

Toward the belly of the body

Question 22

Ventral

Answer 22

Toward the belly of the body

Question 23

Posterior

Answer 23

Toward the back of the body

Question 24

Dorsal

Answer 24

Toward the back of the body

Question 25

Medial

Answer 25

Toward the midline of the body

Question 26

Lateral

Answer 26

Toward the side of the body

Question 27

Proximal

Answer 27

Nearer to point of attachment reference point

Question 28

Distal

Answer 28

Farther from point of attachment or reference point

Question 29

Superior

Answer 29

Above, high position

Question 30

Inferior

Answer 30

Below, low position

Question 31

Cranial

Answer 31

Toward the head

Question 32

Caudal

Answer 32

Toward the lower end of the spine (Cauda means tail)

Question 33

Superficial

Answer 33

Closer to surface of body. (external)

Question 34

Deep

Answer 34

Closer to centre of body. (internal)

Question 35

cephal/o

Answer 35

head

Question 36

cervic/o

Answer 36

neck

Question 37

thorac/o

Answer 37

chest, thorax

Question 38

abdomin/o

Answer 38

abdomen

Question 39

celi/o

Answer 39

abdomen

Question 40

lapar/o

Answer 40

abdominal wall

Question 41

lumb/o

Answer 41

lower back

Question 42

periton, peritone/o

Answer 42

peritoneum

Question 43

acro

Answer 43

extremity, end

Question 44

brachi/o

Answer 44

arm

Question 45

dactyl/o

Answer 45

finger/toe

Question 46

ped/o

Answer 46

foot

Question 47

pod/o

Answer 47

foot

Question 48

circum

Answer 48

around

Question 49

peri

Answer 49

around

Question 50

intra

Answer 50

in, within

Question 51

epi

Answer 51

on, over

Question 52

extra

Answer 52

outside

Question 53

infra

Answer 53

below

Question 54

sub

Answer 54

below, under

Question 55

inter

Answer 55

between

Question 56

juxta

Answer 56

near, beside

Question 57

para

Answer 57

near, beside

Question 58

retro

Answer 58

behind, backward

Question 59

supra

Answer 59

above

Question 60

digit

Answer 60

finger

Question 61

epigastrium

Answer 61

Epigastric region (upper abdomen)

Question 62

Fundus

Answer 62

The base or body of a hollow organ, the area of an organ farthest from its opening

Question 63

Hypochondrium

Answer 63

Hypochondriac region (right or left of rib roots)

Question 64

Lumen

Answer 64

Central opening within a tube or hollow organ

Question 65

Meatus

Answer 65

Passage/opening

Question 66

Orifice

Answer 66

The opening of a cavity

Question 67

Os

Answer 67

Mouth, any body opening

Question 68

Septum

Answer 68

Wall dividing two cavities

Question 69

Sinus

Answer 69

A cavity within a bone

Question 70

Sphincter

Answer 70

A circular muscle that regulates an opening