MOORE'S CLINICAL ANATOMY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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clinical anatomy Answer >>emphasizes aspects of bodily structure and function
important in the practice of medicine, dentistry, and the allied health sciences
Regional Anatomy Answer >>considers the organization of the human body as
major parts or segments
systematic anatomy Answer >>body structure is studied system by system
anatomical position Answer >>To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of
the hands turned forward
supine Answer >>lying on the back
prone Answer >>lying face down
median plane Answer >>vertical anteroposterior plane passing longitudinally
through midlines of head, neck, and trunk
sagittal plane Answer >>divides body into left and right
parallel to median plane
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frontal (coronal) plane Answer >>vertical planes passing through the body at right
angles to the median plane
front and back
transverse plane Answer >>horizontal division of the body into upper and lower
portions
main use of anatomical planes is to describe Answer >>sections
longitudinal section Answer >>lengthwise cut
runs parallel to the long axis of the body or body part
transverse section Answer >>cross section
cut runs right angle to longitudinal axis of body or body part
oblique section Answer >>slices of body that are not cut along anatomical plane
ex. diagonal
superior Answer >>Higher on the body, nearer to the head (vertex)
vertex Answer >>topmost point of the vault of the skull
Cranial Answer >>cranium
Inferior Answer >>Lower on the body, farther from the head