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A comprehensive overview of fundamental anatomical terminology and body regions, essential for understanding human anatomy. It includes definitions and explanations of key terms related to anatomical position, planes of section, directional terms, body cavities, and basic microscopy. The document also features a series of questions and answers, providing a valuable resource for students studying anatomy and physiology.
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anatomical position - answers=To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned forward saggital plane - answers=divides the body into a right and left side midsagittal plane - answers=divides the body into equal right and left sides perisagittal plane - answers=Dividing into unequal left and right planes frontal plane (coronal plane) - answers=divides body into anterior and posterior sides
transverse plane - answers=horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions Anterior (ventral) - answers=toward the front or towards the belly. Also known as the Ventral position. Posterior - answers=toward the back also known as dorsal. Superior - answers=Higher on the body, nearer to the head Inferior - answers=Lower on the body, towards the feet. Medial - answers=Toward the midline of the body Lateral - answers=Away from the midline of the body
Thoracic - answers=Any region above the diaphragm Diaphragm - answers=Large, flat muscle at the bottom of the chest cavity that helps with breathing below the ribcage abdominal region - answers=anything below the diaphragm appendicular region - answers=upper and lower limbs Upper limbs include - answers=brachium, antebrachium, carpus, manus,digits brachium - answers=upper arm (shoulder to elbow) Antebrachium - answers=lower arm (elbow to wrist)
carpus - answers=wrist manus - answers=hand Digits (phalanges) - answers=fingers, toes lower limbs include - answers=thigh, crus, tarsus, pes, digits thigh - answers=the part of the leg between the hip and the knee Crus - answers=lower leg (knee to ankle) Tarsus - answers=ankle Pes - answers=Foot dorsal cavity - answers=includes the cranial and spinal cavities.
Mediastinum - answers=area between the lungs containing the heart, aorta, venae cavae, esophagus, and trachea pericardial cavity - answers=surrounds the heart Pericardium - answers=Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart. parietal pericardium - answers=outer layer of the pericardium visceral pericardium - answers=covers the surface of the heart pericardial fluid - answers=serous fluid between parietal & visceral pericardium; reduces friction when heart beats pericarditis - answers=inflammation of the pericardium
Abdominal pelvic cavity - answers=abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity abdominal cavity - answers=Contains stomach, intestines, spleen, and liver, and other organs pelvic cavity - answers=contains urinary bladder, portions of large intestine, and internal organs of reproduction Perotineum - answers=lines the abdominopelvic cavity and its organs(below the diaphragm) parietal perotineum - answers=lines the abdominopelvic cavity visceral perotineum - answers=Covers surface of internal organs
medium objective - answers=The objective that magnifies by 40X Maximum magnification of a light microscope - answers=40x Course objective knob - answers=moves the body tube up and down to allow focusing of the image fine adjustment knob - answers=Moves the stage slightly to sharpen the image eye piece (ocular lens) - answers=lens you look through Squamous - answers=flat cells cheek cells - answers=squamous cell Cytoplasm - answers=the portion of the cell outside the nucleus
