TERMINOLOGY

Question 1

define anatomy

Answer 1

the science of the structure of the human body

Question 2

what is the anatomical position?

Answer 2

stand erect with feet flat on the floor, arms at sides and palms face and eyes facing forwards

Question 3

where does the coronal plane cut through?/divide?

Answer 3

coronal = cuts through back, vertical, divides posterior and anterior

Question 4

where does the midsagittal plane cut through?/divide?

Answer 4

cuts through making equal left and right

Question 5

where does the parasagittal plane cut through?/divide?

Answer 5

cuts through leaving left and right unequal

Question 6

word for head

Answer 6

cephalic

Question 7

word for arm

Answer 7

brachial

Question 8

word for forearm

Answer 8

antebrachial

Question 9

word for thigh

Answer 9

femoral

Question 10

word for leg

Answer 10

crural

Question 11

word for shoulder to bum

Answer 11

upper limb

Question 12

word for bum to foot

Answer 12

lower limb

Question 13

anterior meaning

Answer 13

towards the front

Question 14

posterior meaning

Answer 14

towards the back

Question 15

ventral meaning

Answer 15

towards the bellyside

Question 16

dorsal meaning

Answer 16

toward the spine

Question 17

cranial/cephalic meaning

Answer 17

toward the head

Question 18

rostral meaning

Answer 18

toward the beak/nose

Question 19

causal meaning

Answer 19

toward the tail

Question 20

superior meaning

Answer 20

higher in position

Question 21

inferior meaning

Answer 21

lower in position

Question 22

medial meaning

Answer 22

towards the middle/midsagittal plane

Question 23

lateral meaning

Answer 23

away from the midline

Question 24

proximal meaning

Answer 24

closer to the origin/point of attachment

Question 25

distal meaning

Answer 25

away/further from the origin

Question 26

superficial meaning

Answer 26

towards the surface

Question 27

deep meaning

Answer 27

away from the surface

Question 28

contralateral menaing

Answer 28

occuring on, affecting or acting in conjunction with a part on the opposite side of the body

Question 29

ipsilateral meaning

Answer 29

situated or appearing on or affecting the same side of the body

Question 30

what are the four main body cavities?

Answer 30

cranial cavity vertebral canal thoracic abdominopelvic

Question 31

what are the 3 subdivisions of the thoracic body cavity

Answer 31

pleural mediastum pericardal

Question 32

what are the 2 subdivisions of the abdominopelvic body cavity

Answer 32

abdominal | pelvic

Question 33

what does serous membranes do?

Answer 33

The serous membranes covers the viscera, lines and partitions structures within the thoriac and abdominal cavities (only).

Question 34

what are the 2 layers of the serous membrane?

Answer 34

parietal layer- walls of the cavity | visceral layer - covers the viscera