PNVN 1811 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Anatomy - Answers - -Often defines as the study of structure of an organism and the
relationship of its parts
-derived from two word parts that mean "cutting apart"
Physiology - Answers - -the study of functions of living and their parts
-scientific experimentation to tease out how each activity body works,
-regulated, how it fits in to complex, coordinated operation
Pathology - Answers - -study for disease nurses principles of anatomy and physiology
to determine the nature of particular disease
- come Greek word pathos
Anotomical Position - Answers - Reference position, the body is erect or standing
Anatomical position and supine position - Answers - -superior
-inferior
-anterior
-inferior
- medial
-lateral
- proximal
-distal
-superficial
-deep
Body cavities - Answers - External appearance, the body is not a solid structure. Made
up of open spaces or cavities that turn in contain compact, well ordered arrangements
of internal organs
Dorsal cavities - Answers - -cranial cavity
-Spinal cavity
Cranial cavity - Answers - Space inside the spinal column
Spinal cavity - Answers - Contains the spinal cord
Ventral cavity - Answers - -cranial cavity
-spinal cavity
-thoracic cavity
