Week 1 - The Brain, Spine and Cranium

Question 1

Coronal

Answer 1

cross-section separating the anterior and posterior of the body

Question 2

Sagittal

Answer 2

cross-section separating the right and left of the body

Question 3

Transverse

Answer 3

cross-section separating the superior and inferior of the body

Question 4

Medial

Answer 4

middle

Question 5

Lateral

Answer 5

to the side

Question 6

Superior

Answer 6

towards the head

Question 7

Inferior

Answer 7

towards the feet

Question 8

Anterior

Answer 8

towards the stomach

Question 9

Posterior

Answer 9

towards the spine

Question 10

List the body cavities

Answer 10

Cranial Cavity
Vertebral Cavity
Thoracic Cavity
Abdominopelvic Cavity
- Abdominal Cavity
- Pelvic Cavity

Question 11

Cranial Cavity

Answer 11

Contains the brain

Question 12

Vertebral Cavity

Answer 12

Anterior surface of torso; divided by diaphragm muscle into upper thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

Question 13

Thoracic Cavity

Answer 13

The chest; contains trachea, bronchi, lungs, esophagus, heart and great blood vessels, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and nerves. Contains smaller cavities, too (Pleural and Pericardial)

Question 14

Abdominopelvic Cavity

Answer 14

Imaginary line that runs across hipbones divides the body into the abdominal and pelvic cavities.

Question 15

Abdominal Cavity

Answer 15

Contains stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and intestines (small and large), ovaries (in female); the peritoneal cavity (peritoneum) surrounds the abdominal organs

Question 16

Pelvic Cavity

Answer 16

contains colon, rectum, urinary bladder, uterus (in females)

Question 17

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Answer 17

• right lobe of liver
• gallbladder
• duodenum
• head of pancreas
• right adrenal gland
• right kidney
• superior part of ascending colon
• right of transverse colon

Question 18

Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)

Answer 18

• left lobe of liver
• spleen
• most of stomach
• jejunum and proximal ileum
• body and tail of pancreas
• left adrenal gland
• left kidney
• superior part of descending colon
• left half transverse colon

Question 19

Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

Answer 19

• cecum
• appendix
• most of iluem
• inferior part of right uterine tube
• right ovary
• ascending colon
• right ureter
• right spermatic cord

Question 20

Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

Answer 20

• sigmoid colon
• inferior part of descending colon
• left ovary
• left uterine tube
• left ureter
• left spermatic cord

Question 21

Names of the abdominal quadrants

Answer 21

• 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 22

How many vertebrae in the adult spine?

Answer 22

33

Question 23

How many vertebrae are in the cervical region?

Answer 23

7

Question 24

How many vertebrae are in the thoracic region?

Answer 24

12

Question 25

How many vertebrae are in the lumbar region?

Answer 25

5

Question 26

How many vertebrae are in the sacral region?

Answer 26

5

Question 27

How many vertebrae are in the coccygeal region?

Answer 27

4