| Question |
Answer |
| anatomy |
study of shape and structure |
| physiology |
study of their functions and parts |
| morphology |
shape |
| anatomical position |
erect, palms forwars, thumbs out, toes hanging |
| superior/cranial |
near the head |
| inferior/caudal |
closer to the feet |
| anterior/ventral |
front, belly side |
| posterior/dorsal |
toward the rear, back side |
| medial |
toward the median axis of the body |
| lateral |
lying at or toward the right or left side |
| peripheral |
outside edges |
| superficial |
toward the surface of the skin |
| deep |
closest to the bone |
| proximal |
closer to the attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
| distal |
darther from the attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
| palmar |
relating to the palm of the hand |
| plantar |
relating to the foot or sole |
| supine |
lying on the back, face upward |
| prone |
lying facedown |
| parietal pleura |
pleura that lines the inner chest walls and covers the diaphragm |
| visceral pleura |
pleura that covers the lungs |
| sagittal plane |
a longitudinal plane that divides body into right and left portions |
| frontal/coronal plane |
longitudinal plane that divdes body into anterior and posterior parts |
| transverse plane |
plane running from right to left, dividing body into superior and inferior parts |
Biology Lab Midterm
