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Exercise 2 A&P
Body organization and terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Higher / Above | SUPERIOR |
| Lower / Below | INFERIOR |
| Head or Closer to the head than another structure. usually synonymous with the terms superior and cranial | CEPHALIC |
| Before / Front | ANTERIOR |
| Before / Towards the belly synonymous with ANTERIOR | VENTRAL |
| Back / Towards the back synonymous with POSTERIOR | DORSAL |
| Closer / Closer to the point of attachment to the body | PROXIMAL |
| Side / away from the midline of the body | LATERAL |
| Middle / Toward the midline of the body | MEDIAL |
| Toward / on the surface | SURFACE |
| ARM | BRACHIAL |
| ANTERIOR ELBOW | ANTECUBITAL |
| LOWER LEG | CRURAL |
| THIGH | FEMORAL |
| TRUNK OF THE BODY IS DIVIDED INTO... (3) | THORAX, ABDOMEN, PELVIS |
| Imaginary lines, One horizontal and one midsagittal dividing the abdomen into __________, which intersect at the naval | QUADRANTS |
| plane running vertically through the body separating it into right and left portions | SAGITTAL |
| (midsagittal) a sagittal plane that passes throught the midline of the body dividing it into equal right and left halfs | MEDIAN |
| horizontal plane that runs parellel to the ground dividing the body into superior and inferior portions | TRANSVERSE |
| the rib cage surrounds the _________ cavity and the muscular diaphragm and separates it from the abdominal cavity | THORACIC |
| the thoracic cavity is divided into right and left parts by a median partition called the _________. | MEDIASTINUM |
| the abdominal and pelvic cavities are not physically separated and are called the ___________________ cavity. | ABDOMINOPELVIC |
| ______________ Membranes cover organs of the trunk cavities and line the trunk cavities | SEROUS |
| __________ serous membranes cover the organs in cavities that dont open to the outside | VISCERAL |
| __________ serous membranes line cavities that dont open to the outside | PARIETAL |
| The abdominopelvic cavity contains a serous membrane-lined cavity called the _______cavity. | PERITONEAL |
| ___________ which consist of 2 layers of peritoneum fused together, connect the visceral peritoneum of some abdominopelvic organs to the parietal peritoneum on the body wall or to the viseral peritoneum of other abdominopelvic organs | MESENTERIES |
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