Part 2

Question 1

• special terminology and symbols is used to prevent misunderstanding

Answer 1

LANGUAGE OF ANATOMY

Question 2

• Exact terms are used for: (P,D, R, S)

Answer 2

• Position
• Direction
• Regions
• Structures

Question 3

Standard body position used to avoid confusion

• Terminology refers to this position regardless of actual body position
• Stand erect, feet parallel, arms hanging at the sides with palms facing forward and thumbs pointing away from the body

Answer 3

ANATOMICAL POSITION

Question 4

ANATOMICAL POSITION: lying down with face UP

Answer 4

SUPINS

Question 5

ANATOMICAL POSITION: lying down with face DOWN

Answer 5

PRONE

Question 6

• Explain location of one body structure in relation to another
• Allows to describe the relationship between 2 structures

Answer 6

DIRECTIONAL TERMS

Question 7

Give all the directional terms:

Hint: 11

Answer 7

• Superior
• Inferior
• Anterior
• Posterior
• Medial
• Lateral
• Intermediate
• Proximal
• Distal
• Superficial
• Deep

Question 8

•farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Answer 8

DISTAL

Question 9

toward the head or upper part of a structure or the body; above

Answer 9

SUPERIOR (CRANIAL OR CEPHALIC)

Question 10

toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side of

Answer 10

MEDIAL

Question 11

close to the origin of the body part or point of attachment to a limb to the body trunk

Answer 11

PROXIMAL

Question 12

toward or at the front of the body; in front of

Answer 12

ANTERIOR (VENTRAL)

Question 13

between a more medial and a more lateral structure

Answer 13

INTERMEDIATE

Question 14

away from the head or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below

Answer 14

INFERIOR (CAUDAL)

Question 15

toward or at the backside of the body; behind

Answer 15

POSTERIOR (DORSAL)

Question 16

away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of

Answer 16

LATERAL

Question 17

toward or at the body surface

Answer 17

SUPERFICIAL (EXTERNAL)

Question 18

away from the body surface; more internal

Answer 18

DEEP (INTERNAL)

Question 19

are made to see the internal structure of body and organs

Answer 19

SECTIONS

Question 20

Sections are cuts along imaginary lines

known as

Answer 20

PLANES

Question 21

Four types of planes or sections exist as

right angles to one another. What are those four types?

Answer 21

• Sagittal
• Median or Midsagittal
• Frontal or Coronal
• Transverse or Cross

Question 22

This section divides the body (or organ) into anterior and posterior part

Answer 22

FRONTAL OR CORONAL

Question 23

divides the body (or organ) into left and right parts

Answer 23

SAGITTAL

Question 24

This section divides the body (or organ) into equal left and right parts

Answer 24

MEDIAN OR MIDSAGITTAL

Question 25

This section divides the body (or organ) into superior and inferior parts

Answer 25

TRANSVERSE or CROSS

Question 26

This provide varying degrees of | protection to organs within them

Answer 26

BODY CAVITIES

Question 27

Give the 2 internal body cavities

Answer 27

Dorsal | Ventral

Question 28

Give the 2 subdivisions of the DORSAL body cavity

Answer 28

- Cranial Cavity | - Spinal Cavity

Question 29

* Houses the brain | * Protected by the skull

Answer 29

Cranial cavity

Question 30

- Houses the spinal cord | - Protected by the vertebrae

Answer 30

Spinal cavity

Question 31

Give 2 subdivisions of the VENTRAL body cavity

Answer 31

- Thoracic Cavity | - Abdominopelvic Cavity

Question 32

The subdivisions of the Ventral body cavity is separated by _____

Answer 32

Diaphragm

Question 33

The ventral body cavity contains all the structures of the _______ and ______.

Answer 33

chest; abdomen

Question 34

[True or False] Dorsal body cavity is larger than the Ventral body cavity.

Answer 34

FALSE. Ventral body cavity is much larger than the dorsal body cavity

Question 35

- Cavity superior to the diaphragm | - Houses heart, lungs, and other organs

Answer 35

Thoracic Cavity

Question 36

This central region, houses heart, trachea, and other organs

Answer 36

MEDIASTINUM

Question 37

[True or False] Thoracic Cavity is protected by the rib cage.

Answer 37

TRUE

Question 38

[True or False] Abdominal cavity is superior to the diaphragm.

Answer 38

FALSE. Abdominal cavity is INFERIOR to the diaphragm. Because the said cavity lies BELOW the diaphragm.

Question 39

Superior abdominal cavity contains the ____, ______, and other _______.

Answer 39

Stomach; liver; organs

Question 40

[TRUE OR FALSE] Pelvic Cavity is protected by the trunk muscles.

Answer 40

FALSE. Abdominal Cavity is protected by the trunk muscles.

Question 41

[TRUE OR FALSE] In abdominopelvic cavity, no physical structure separates abdominal from pelvic cavities.

Answer 41

TRUE

Question 42

Pelvic Cavity is protected by _______.

Answer 42

BONY PELVIS

Question 43

Inferior pelvic cavity contains ______, _______, and ______.

Answer 43

Reproductive organs, bladder, rectum

Question 44

What are the 2 types of abdominopelvic cavity subdivisions. | Hint: Quadrants; Regions

Answer 44

- Four Quadrant | - Nine Regions

Question 45

This quadrant consists of - liver, right kidney, gallbladder, portion of the colon and pancreas

Answer 45

RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT (RUQ)

Question 46

The LEFT LOWER QUADRANT OR LLQ consists of what organs? Give 4

Answer 46

- colon - small intestine - ureter - major vein and artery to the left leg

Question 47

This quadrant consists of Stomach, left kidney, spline, portion of the colon and pancreas

Answer 47

LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LUQ)

Question 48

The RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT (RLQ) consist of what organs? Give 4.

Answer 48

- appendix - colon - small intestine - ureter, major vein and artery to the right leg

Question 49

The MIDLINE quadrant consist of what organs? Give 4.

Answer 49

- aorta - pancreas - small intestine - bladder in the spine