Vocabulary #1

Question 0

Physiology

Answer 0

The study of the functions of body parts what they do and how they do it

Question 1

Anatomy

Answer 1

Study of the body structure or morphology of the body and how the body parts are organized

Question 2

Pathology

Answer 2

The study of the diseases of the body

Question 3

Basic reference systems of bodily organization

Answer 3

Directions, planes, cavities, and structural units

Question 4

Superior

Answer 4

Upper or above

Question 5

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 5

Lower then most or below

Question 6

Anterior (ventral)

Answer 6

Toward the front

Question 7

Posterior (Dorsal)

Answer 7

Towards the back

Question 8

Cephalic (cranial)

Answer 8

Towards the head

Question 9

Medial

Answer 9

Nearest the midline of the body

Question 10

Lateral

Answer 10

Tour the side or away from the midline of the body

Question 11

Proximal

Answer 11

Nearest the point of attachment or Origin

Question 12

Distal

Answer 12

Away from the point of attachment

Question 13

Midsagittal plane

Answer 13

Vertically divides the body through the midline into two equal portions or halves

Question 14

Sagittal plane

Answer 14

Any plain parallel to the mid sagittal or median plane vertically dividing the body into unequal right and left portions

Question 15

Horizontal (transverse plane)

Answer 15

Any plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portion

Question 16

Frontal plane (Coronal)

Answer 16

One that divides the anterior and posterior portions of the body at right angles to the sagittal plane

Question 17

Body has two major cavities

Answer 17

Dorsal and ventral cavity