Terminology

Question 1

What are the 7 things to life?

Answer 1

Movement, Metabolism, Homeostasis, Responsiveness, Growth and development, Reproduction and Adaptation.

Question 2

Name the levels of anatomy from smallest to greatest.

Answer 2

Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organismal

Question 3

List the 12 organ systems.

Answer 3

Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine, Circulatory, Lymphatic, Immune, Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary, Reproductive.

Question 4

Which part of the body is the dorsal and ventral parts of the body?

Answer 4

Dorsal is the back and ventral is the front.

Question 5

List the 5 cavities in the body.

Answer 5

Cranial, Spinal, Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic.

Question 6

What does the cranial cavity contain?

Answer 6

The brain

Question 7

What does the Spinal cavity contain?

Answer 7

The Spinal cord

Question 8

What does the thoracic cavity contain?

Answer 8

Heart, lungs, oesophagus, thymus gland, large blood/lymph vessels.

Question 9

What is the section between the lungs called?

Answer 9

Mediastinum

Question 10

What splits the thoracic and abdominal cavities?

Answer 10

The diaphragm

Question 11

What does the abdominal cavity contain?

Answer 11

stomach, liver and intestines

Question 12

What does the pelvic cavity contain?

Answer 12

The reproductive organs, bladder and rectum

Question 13

What are the 4 quadrants of the body?

Answer 13

Right upper, right lower, left upper and left lower

Question 14

What are the 9 sections of the body?

Answer 14

Right Hypochondriac, Epigastric, Left Hypochondriac, Right Lumbar, Umbilical, Left Lumbar, Right illiac, Hypogastric and Left illiac

Question 15

What is the double layer membrane that the ventral body cavity is covered with?

Answer 15

Serous membrane (serosa) which has fluid between them.

Question 16

What is the Parietal serosa?

Answer 16

The membrane fused to the body cavity wall

Question 17

What is the visceral serosa?

Answer 17

The membrane fused to the organs

Question 18

What is the lung serosa called?

Answer 18

Pluera

Question 19

What is the heart serosa called?

Answer 19

Pericardium

Question 20

What is the axial body and the appendicular body?

Answer 20

Axial is the head, neck and trunk whilst appendicular is the arms and legs.

Question 21

What are the 3 body plans?

Answer 21

Frontal splits into front and back, median cuts through spine and transverse is the equator.

Question 22

Difference between superior and inferior?

Answer 22

Above is superior and below is inferior

Question 23

What is the difference between Medial and Lateral?

Answer 23

Medial is towards midline and lateral is away from midline

Question 24

What is the difference between proximal and distal?

Answer 24

Proximal is towards core and Distal is away from core

Question 25

What is the difference between anterior and posterior?

Answer 25

Anterior is front and Posterior is behind.

Question 26

What is flexion and extension?

Answer 26

Flexion is bending and extension is extending

Question 27

What is the difference between abduction and adduction?

Answer 27

Abduction is taking away from body, adduction is adding to body

Question 28

What is the difference between pronation and supination?

Answer 28

Pronation is hand face down, supination is hand face up

Question 29

What is the difference between inversion and eversion?

Answer 29

Inversion is soles touching, eversion is soles facing away

Question 30

What is the difference between dorsiflexion and plantar flexion?

Answer 30

Dorsiflexion is flexing foot, plantar flextion is pointing foot

Question 31

What is supine?

Answer 31

Lying face up

Question 32

What is Prone?

Answer 32

Lying face down

Question 33

What is the difference between active, passive and resisted movement?

Answer 33

Active movement is movement by person/muscle, passive is someone else moving body and resisted is not allowing movement