week1 Flashcards
(41 cards)
Kingdom Animalia
Man is a part of the animal kingdom
Phylum Chordata
This phylum consists of animals with spinal cords.
Class Mammalia
Man is mammal, warm blooded who bears its young live
order primates
This order includes humans and all apes, monkeys, gorillas
family Hominidae
this hominid includes man and closest cousins’ chimps and gorillas.
Genus homo
The family of man including homo erectus and the Neanderthals
homo sapiens
wise man
Anatomy
the study of the parts of the body and how they relate to each other
gross or macroscopic anatomy
the study of large body parts visible to the naked eye
regional anatomy
all the structures in a particular region of the body
systemic anatomy
structure of the body are studied by the systems
Microscopic anatomy
very small structures that can not be viewed with the naked eye
– structures viewed by the aid of a microscope
Cytology
cells viewed by the aid of microscope
Histology
issues viewed by the aid of microscope
Developmental anatomy
structural changes ( such as growth) that occur in the body
throughout the life span
Anatomical position 4 things
BODY ERECT
FEET SLIGHTLY APART
PALMS FACE FORWARD
THUMBS POINT AWAY FROM THE BODY
Frontal (coronal) plane
a vertical cut that divides the
body in anterior and posterior parts
Sagittal plane
a vertical cut that divides the body into
right and left parts
Parasagittal plane
a sagittal cut not on the midline that
divides the body into UNEQUAL right and left parts
Transverse (cross-sectional plane
a horizontal cut that
divides the body into superior and inferior parts
What’s in the dorsal body cavity
Superior Cranial cavity: houses the brain
-Inferior Spinal (vertebral) cavity: houses the spinal cord
Membrane each organ in the dorsal body cavity is surrounded by
Each organs in the dorsal body cavity is surrounded by membranes called
MENINGES
Ventral body cavity
