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AnatomyTermsLecture1
important vocabulary from lecture one
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| hand is ______ to the elbow | distal |
| eyes are _____ to the nose | lateral |
| bones are ______ too the muscle | deep |
| What is the membrane in the cranial cavity? | meninges |
| What viscera is contained in the pelvic cavity? | bladder, rectum, reproductive organs |
| The Thoracic Cavity contains the ____&_____ | heart & lungs |
| Name the 6 major body cavities | Cranial, Vertebral, Pleural, Pericardial, Abdominal, Pelvic |
| Name the Anatomical Planes | frontal, sagittal, transverse |
| median | divides into equal right and left parts |
| spinal cord is ____ to the brain | caudal |
| heart is _____ to the diaphragm | superior |
| frontal plane | divides anterior (front) and posterior (back) |
| What is the membrane of the lungs? | pleurae |
| What viscera is contained in teh vertebral cavity? | spinal cord |
| caudal | toward the tail or inferior end |
| superior | above / upper |
| Anatomical Plane | implies an imaginary flat surface passing through the body |
| pronated forearm | palms facing rearward or downward; radius and ulna are crossed |
| digits | fingers and toes |
| viscera | organs contained in body cavities |
| heart is ____ to the spine | ventral |
| What is the proper anatomical position? | feet flat on the floor and close together, arms held downward and supine with face forward |
| Name the lower limbs | thigh, leg, ankle, foot, toes |
| arms are _____ to legs | superior |
| skin is _____ to muscle | superficial |
| Cavities are lined with ______ | membrane |
| The standard frame for reference for antomical descriptions & dissection | anatomical position |
| What are the positions of the forearm? | supinated (forward) & pronated (rearward) |
| What is the appendicular region? | upper and lower limbs |
| What are the thoracic membranes and cavity of the heart? | parietal pericarium, pericardial cavity, visceral pericardium |
| anterior | front |
| transverse plane | divides into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions |
| ventral | front |
| superficial | towards the surface |
| distal | farther from the point of attachment or origin |
| manual | hand |
| inferior | lower / below |
| Axial region | head, neck, trunk |
| pedal | foot |
| antebrachial | forearm |
| carpal | wrist |
| Abdominal cavity contains what organs? | most digestive organs, kidneys, ureters |
| posterior | back |
| cephalic | toward the head or superior end |
| medial | toward the middle |
| proximal | close to the point of attachment or origin |
| tarsal | ankle |
| brachial | arm |
| femoral | thigh |
| What are examples of retroperitoneal organs? | kidney, ereters, adrenal glands, most of the pancreas |
| Where is the thoracic region located? | the trunk area above the diaphragm |
| rostral | toward the forehead or nose |
| lateral | away from the middle |
| What is the membrane in the cranial cavity? | meminges |
| What are the membrane in the heart? | pericardium |
| dorsal | back |
| supinated forearm position | palms face forward or upward, the radius and ulna are parallel |
| crural | leg |
| The Pelvic Cavity contains _____ | rectum, urinary bladder, eretha, reproductive organs |
| cubital | elbow |
| deep | farther from the surface |
| Abdominal Region | the trunk below the diaphragm; divided into quadrants and into 9 regions by a tic-tac-toe grid |
| What are the thoracic membranes & cavities of the lungs? | parietal pleura, pleural cavity, visceral pleura |
| Everything is lined with_____ | membrane |
| What are organs that lieagainst posterior wall and are covered by peritoneum only on the side facing the peritoneal cavity? | retroperitoneal organs |
| Name an example of potential spaces | Uterus. in a nonpregnant uterus, the mucous membranes of walls are in contact |
| greater omentum | "fatty apron" inferolateral border of stomach-overlies intestines |
| What type of membrane line the Thoracic and Abdomino-pelvic cavities? | serous |
| found between two membranes normally pressed firmly together | potential spaces |
| What is the skeletal systems main function? | support, movement, enclosure of viscera |
| CT scan is an example of what sectional plane? | transverse |
| The ______end of the nueral tube develops the brain | cephalic |