INTERACTIVE JOURNEY FOR HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS 3RD EDITION
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION LATEST
STUDY GUIDE AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
⩥ What is physiology?
Answer: The study of how structures function.
⩥ What is pathology?
Answer: The study of disease.
⩥ What is the standard anatomical position?
Answer: Standing with arms at the sides and palms and head facing
forward.
⩥ What does anterior or ventral mean?
Answer: Front or belly side.
⩥ What does posterior or dorsal mean?
Answer: Back side.
, ⩥ What does superior mean?
Answer: Closer to the top of the head.
⩥ What does inferior mean?
Answer: Farther away from the top of the head.
⩥ What does medial mean?
Answer: Toward the midline of the body.
⩥ What does lateral mean?
Answer: Away from the midline of the body.
⩥ What does proximal mean?
Answer: Closer to the connection to the body (used for the appendicular
region).
⩥ What does distal mean?
Answer: Farther from the connection to the body (used for the
appendicular region).
⩥ What does superficial mean?
Answer: Closer to the surface.