Week 1

Question 1

What is an organ?

Answer 1

An organ is a structure in the body composed of two or more tissue types working together to perform a specific function.

Question 2

What is an organ system?

Answer 2

An organ system is a group of organs that work together to perform a specific function in the body.

Question 3

What is an organism?

Answer 3

An organism is the highest level of organization in the body. An organism can independently perform all functions necessary for life.

Question 4

How many organ systems are there in the body and what are they?

Answer 4

Integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, endocrine system, cardiovascular system, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system, reproductive system.

Question 5

Where do anatomical terms derive from?

Answer 5

Ancient Greek and Latin words.

Question 6

What does prone mean?

Answer 6

Prone describes a face down orientation.

Question 7

What does supine mean?

Answer 7

Supine describes a face up orientation.

Question 8

What is cephalic?

Answer 8

head

Question 9

What is cervical?

Answer 9

neck

Question 10

What is included in the trunk?

Answer 10

thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic

Question 11

What is thoracic?

Answer 11

chest

Question 12

What is abdominal?

Answer 12

abdomen

Question 13

What is pelvic?

Answer 13

pelvis

Question 14

What is brachium/brachial?

Answer 14

arm

Question 15

What is antebrachial/antebrachium?

Answer 15

forearm

Question 16

What is femoral/femur?

Answer 16

thigh

Question 17

What is crural/crus?

Answer 17

leg

Question 18

What is axillary/axilla?

Answer 18

armpit

Question 19

What is inguinal?

Answer 19

groin

Question 20

What is anterior? and another name?

Answer 20

anterior or ventral describes the front or direction towards the front of the body.

Question 21

What is posterior? and another name?

Answer 21

posterior or dorsal describes the back or direction towards the back of the body.

Question 22

What is superior? and another name?

Answer 22

superior or cranial describes a position above or higher than another part of the body.

Question 23

What is inferior? and another name?

Answer 23

inferior or caudal describes a position below or lower than another part of the body.

Question 24

What is lateral?

Answer 24

describes the side or direction towards the side of the body.

Question 25

What is medial?

Answer 25

describes the middle or direction towards the middle of the body.

Question 26

What is intermediate?

Answer 26

describes a position between a medial and lateral structure.

Question 27

What is proximal?

Answer 27

describes a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment of the body. "The brachium is proximal to the antebrachium"

Question 28

What is distal?

Answer 28

describes a position in a limb that is farther from the point of attachment of the body. "The crus is distal to the femur"

Question 29

What is central?

Answer 29

central describes a position towards the middle of a structure.

Question 30

What is peripheral?

Answer 30

describes a position towards the outer edge of a structure. The peripheral nervous system is found outside the skull and vertebral column.

Question 31

What is superficial?

Answer 31

describes a position closer to the surface of the body.

Question 32

What is deep?

Answer 32

describes a position farther from the surface of the body.

Question 33

What is a plane?

Answer 33

a plane is an imaginary two dimensional line that passes through the body.

Question 34

What is a sagittal plane and what are the different kinds?

Answer 34

A sagittal plane is a plane that divides the body or organ into right and left sides. Midsagittal plane/medial plane: directly down the middle of the body. Parasagittal plane: if it divides the body into unequal right and left sides.

Question 35

What is a frontal plane? and another plane.

Answer 35

a plane that divides the body or organ into an anterior and posterior portion. - coronal plane

Question 36

What is a transverse plane?

Answer 36

plane that divides the body horizontally into upper and lower portions.

Question 37

What are the two largest body compartments?

Answer 37

dorsal/posterior cavity and ventral/anterior cavity.

Question 38

What is included in the dorsal/posterior cavity?

Answer 38

- cranial cavity: brain - spinal cavity: spinal cord

Question 39

What is included in the anterior/ventral cavity?

Answer 39

- thoracic cavity: lungs and heart in mediastinum enclosed by rib cage. - abdominopelvic cavity: the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity is separated by the diaphragm.

Question 40

The abdominopelvic cavity can be divided into either?

Answer 40

nine regions or four quadrants.

Question 41

What are the nine regions?

Answer 41

- right hypochondriac region - epigastric region - left hypochondriac region - right lumbar region - umbilical region - left lumbar region - right iliac region - hypogastric region - left iliac region

Question 42

What does the right hypochondriac region contain?

Answer 42

gall bladder, part of liver, and right kidney

Question 43

What does the epigastric region contain?

Answer 43

part of the liver and part of the stomach

Question 44

What does the left hypochondriac region contain?

Answer 44

part of the spleen, part of the stomach, and left kidney

Question 45

What does the right lumbar region contain?

Answer 45

most of the ascending colon

Question 46

What does the umbilical region contain?

Answer 46

transverse colon, part of small intestine

Question 47

What does the left lumbar region contain?

Answer 47

most of the descending colon

Question 48

What does the right iliac region contain?

Answer 48

appendix and cecum

Question 49

What does the hypogastric region contain?

Answer 49

lower small intestine, distal sigmoid colon, anus, urinary bladder, prostate, uterus, ovaries.

Question 50

What does the left iliac region contain?

Answer 50

proximal sigmoid colon

Question 51

Parietal vs visceral layer?

Answer 51

the parietal layer of the membrane lines the walls of the body cavity and the visceral layer of the membrane covers the organs. Between the parietal and visceral layer is a thin fluid filled cavity.

Question 52

What is the pleura?

Answer 52

serous membrane that surrounds the lungs in the pleural cavity.

Question 53

What is the pericardium?

Answer 53

the serous membrane that surrounds the heart in the pericardial cavity.

Question 54

What is the peritoneum?

Answer 54

serous membrane that surrounds several organs in the abdominopelvic cavity.