Language of Anatomy

Question 1

can be visualized with the unaided eye

Answer 1

Gross Anatomy

Question 2

Requires a Microscope

Answer 2

Microscopic Anatomy

Question 3

anatomical landmarks→ palpate structures (bones—bone markings—muscles—ligaments—tendons

Answer 3

Surface Anatomy

Question 4

Study of Tissue (epithelial—connective—muscle—nervous)

Answer 4

Histology

Question 5

Study of Cells

Answer 5

Cytology

Question 6

Study of Disease

Answer 6

Pathological Anatomy

Question 7

What is Anatomical position?

Answer 7

A universally accepted standard position

Question 8

refers to the head, neck, and trunk the axis of the body

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Axial

Question 9

relates to the limbs and their attachments to the axis

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Appendicular

Question 10

splits body into right and left

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Sagittal

Question 11

splits the body into anterior and posterior

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frontal/Coronal

Question 12

Superior-Inferior (cranial/cephalic-caudal) Head tail…
Anterior-Posterior (dorsal-ventral)
Superficial-Deep (external-internal)
Medial-Lateral
Proximal-Distal
Supine-Prone
Visceral-Parietal
Ipsilateral-Contralateral

Answer 12

Body Orientation and Directions

Question 13

What are the Dorsal Body cavities?

Answer 13

Cranial
Spinal (vertebral)

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What are the Anterior Body cavities?

Answer 14

Thoracic (pleural & cardiac)
Abdomen (peritoneum)
Pelvic

Question 15

Names of Membranes

Answer 15

Pleura, Pericardium, Peritoneum, Visceral layer , Parietal layer

Question 16

Pleura refers to the

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Lungs

Question 17

Pericardium refers to the

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Heart

Question 18

Peritoneum refers to the

Answer 18

the abdominal cavity and organs

Question 19

The visceral layer of a covering refers

Answer 19

the most external layer surrounding an organ

Question 20

The parietal layer of a covering refers to

Answer 20

the layer that lines the cavity

Question 21

How many quadrants does the abdominopevic have?

Answer 21

4:
Right Upper
Right Lower
Left Upper
Left Lower

Question 22

Organ systems

Answer 22

integumentary Nervous Cardiovascular Respiratory Urinary
Endocrine Skeletal Muscular Reproductive
Digestive Lymph/Immune

Question 23

Cranial

Answer 23

skull

Question 24

facial

Answer 24

face

Question 25

frontal

Answer 25

forehead

Question 26

orbital

Answer 26

eye

Question 27

nasal

Answer 27

nose

Question 28

buccal

Answer 28

cheek

Question 29

oral

Answer 29

mouth

Question 30

mental

Answer 30

chin

Question 31

occipital

Answer 31

back of head

Question 32

cervical

Answer 32

neck

Question 33

nuchal

Answer 33

back of neck

Question 34

Trunk

Answer 34

...

Question 35

thoracic or Pectoral

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chest

Question 36

Mammary

Answer 36

breast region

Question 37

sternal

Answer 37

breastbone

Question 38

axillary

Answer 38

armpit

Question 39

abdominal

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belly

Question 40

umbilical

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belly button

Question 41

pelvic

Answer 41

pelvis

Question 42

inguinal

Answer 42

groin

Question 43

pubic

Answer 43

genital

Question 44

Dorsum of Trunk

Question 45

Scapular

Answer 45

shoulder blade

Question 46

Vertebrae

Answer 46

spine

Question 47

Lumbar

Answer 47

low back

Question 48

sacral

Answer 48

region between the hips

Question 49

Gluteal

Answer 49

buttock

Question 50

perineal

Answer 50

Between the anus and genitals (the taint)

Question 51

Upper extremities

Question 52

Achromial

Answer 52

shoulder

Question 53

Brachial

Answer 53

arm

Question 54

cubital

Answer 54

elbow (anterior)

Question 55

olecranon

Answer 55

elbow (posterior)

Question 56

antebrachial

Answer 56

forearm

Question 57

carpal

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wrist

Question 58

manus

Answer 58

hand

Question 59

palmar

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palm

Question 60

pollex

Answer 60

thumb

Question 61

digital

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finger

Question 62

coxal

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hip

Question 63

femoral

Answer 63

thigh

Question 64

patellar

Answer 64

knee anterior

Question 65

popliteal

Answer 65

back of knee

Question 66

cural

Answer 66

leg anterior

Question 67

sural

Answer 67

leg posterior

Question 68

fibular

Answer 68

peroneal

Question 69

pedal

Answer 69

foot

Question 70

tarsal

Answer 70

ankle

Question 71

calcaneal

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heal

Question 72

digital

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toe

Question 73

plantar

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sole

Question 74

Combining Forms-Word Roots-Prefixes and Suffixes

Answer 74

Ab- away from Acr- extremity Aden- gland Alg-, Algia- pain Angi- vessel Anthr- joint Bio- life, living Blast- germ, bud Cardio, Cardia, Cardi- heart Chondr- cartilage Dent- tooth, toothlike Ecto- outside Gastro- stomach Hepat- liver Heter- other, different Homeo- same, unchanging Kines- movement Labi- lip My-, Myo- muscle Neur- nerve Oste- bone Ortho-straight, normal Patho- disease Phag- to eat Rhin- nose Scler- hard Soma- body Thromb- clot Vas- vessel Zyg- joined -algia, pain -asis, condition or state of -emia, condition of the blood -gen, agent that produces -gram, record -it is, inflammation -logy, study of -lysis, dissolution, loosening -oma, tumor -pathy, disease -penia, deficiency -philic, to like, have an affinity for -phobe, fear of, adverse to -poiesis, making -tomy, cutting into, incision -uria, urine

Question 75

anatomy

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The study of the structure and organization of the body, including its organs, tissues, and cells

Question 76

Physiology

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The study of how the body's structures function and work together to maintain homeostasis and perform various processes