Language Of Anatomy 3

Question 0

Plane

Answer 0

When the section is made through the body wall or through an organ, it is made along an imaginary line or surface called a plane

Question 1

Section

Answer 1

A cut

Question 2

Sagittal plane

Answer 2

Divides the body into right and left parts

Question 3

Midsaggittal (median) plane

Answer 3

Divides the body into EQUAL right and left parts

Question 4

Parasagittal plane

Answer 4

Divides the body into UNEQUAL left and right parts

Question 5

Coronal (frontal) plane

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A longitudinal plane that divides the body (or an organ) into anterior and posterior parts (front/back)

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Transverse plane

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Divides the body into superior and inferior parts (top/bottom)

Question 7

Cross sections

Answer 7

When organs are sectioned along the transverse plane, the sections are commonly called cross sections

Question 8

Cranial cavity

Answer 8

The cavity in which the brain is enclosed within the rigid skull

Question 9

Vertebral (spinal) cavity

Answer 9

The cavity the spinal cord is in

Question 10

Dorsal cavity

Answer 10

Included the cranial and spinal cavities

Question 11

Abdominal cavity

Answer 11

The area that houses the stomach, intensities, liver, and [some] other organs

Question 12

Pelvic cavity

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The region that is partially enclosed by the bony pelvis and contains the reproductive organs (urinary) bladder and rectum

Question 13

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 13

The cavity inferior to the diaphragm

Question 14

Thoracic cavity

Answer 14

The cavity above the diaphragm

Question 15

Ventral cavity

Answer 15

Made up of the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities

Question 16

Quadrants

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A scheme, used by most physicians and nurses, that divides the abdominal surface (and the abdominopelvic cavity deep to it) into 4 approximately equal regions called quadrants

Question 17

Umbilical region

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The centermost region which includes the umbilicus

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Epigastric region

Answer 18

Immediately superior to the umbilical region; overlies most of the stomach

Question 19

Hypogastric (pubic) region

Answer 19

Immediately inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area

Question 20

Iliac regions

Answer 20

Lateral to the hypo gastric region and overlying the superior parts of the hip bones

Question 21

Lumbar regions

Answer 21

Between the ribs and the flaring portions of the hip bone; lateral to the umbilical region

Question 22

Hypochondriac regions

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Flanking the epigastric region laterally and overlying the lower ribs

Question 23

Serous membrane (serosa)

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Covers walls of ventral body cavity and organs within this cavity

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Parietal serosa

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The part of the membrane lining the cavity walls

Question 25

Visceral serosa

Answer 25

Covering the external surface of the organs within the ventral cavity

Question 26

Pericardium

Answer 26

Serous membrane that encloses the heart

Question 27

Pleura

Answer 27

Serous membrane the encloses the lungs

Question 28

Peritoneum

Answer 28

The serous lining the abdominal cavity and covering it's organs

Question 29

Oral cavity

Answer 29

Commonly called the mouth, contains the tongue and teeth; also called the buccal cavity

Question 30

Nasal cavity

Answer 30

Located within and posterior to the nose

Question 31

Orbital cavity

Answer 31

Houses the eyes and presents them in an anterior position

Question 32

Middle ear

Answer 32

Lies just medial to the ear drum- is carved into the bony skull- contain tiny bones that transmit sound

Question 33

Synovial cavities

Answer 33

Joint cavities- enclosed within fibrous capsules that surround the freely movable joints of the body