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Ch 1 Lab Anatomy
Question | Answer |
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Describe the standard Anatomical position | Body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forward with thumbs pointing away from the body |
The two major divisions of body and what they include | Axial- Head, neck, and trunk. Everything in the middle Appendicular- The limbs |
The four common body planes | Sagittal, frontal (coronal), transverse (horizontal), Oblique |
What does the sagittal plane cut into | Left and right sections |
What does the frontal plane cut into | Anterior and posterior |
What does the transverse cut into | Lower body and upper body |
What does the oblique cut into | An odd angle that is not 90° |
What is superior (cranial) | Above, toward the head, |
What is inferior (caudal) | Away from Head and, lower part of body |
What is anterior (ventral) | Toward the front of the body, in front of |
What is posterior (dorsal) | Toward the back of the body, behind |
What is medial | Toward the middle |
What is a lateral | Away from the middle |
What is proximal | Closer to insertion point, closer to point of attachment of limbs |
What is distal | Farther from point of attachment |
What is superficial | Exterior |
What is deep | Interior |
What are the two sets of cavities | Dorsal body cavity, ventral body cavity |
What does the dorsal body cavity contain | The cranial cavity (encases the brain) and the vertebral cavity (encases the spinal cord) |
What does ventral body cavity contains | The thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity |
What is Serosa and what are the 2 types | Then double layered membrane’s that cover surfaces. Parietal serosa -Lines internal body cavity walls Visceral Serosa- covers internal organs |
What are the four abdominopelvic quadrants | Right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, left lower quadrant |
What are the nine abdominopelvic regions (right to left up to down) | Right hypochondriac region, Epigastric region, left hypochondriac region, right lumbar region, umbilical region, left lumbar region, right iliac region, hypogastric region, left iliac region |
What are some other body cavities that are exposed to the environment | Oral and digestive cavities, nasal cavity, orbital cavities, middle ear cavities |
What other body cavity is not exposed to the environment | Synovial cavity: joint cavities |