ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY PREMIUM 100 PERCENT CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Thoracic Answer: pertaining to the chest
◉ Umbilical Answer: pertaining to the navel
◉ Acromial Answer: pertaining to the point of the shoulder
◉ Calcaneal Answer: pertaining to the heel of the foot
◉ Dorsum Answer: pertaining to the back
◉ Gluteal Answer: pertaining to the buttocks or rump
◉ Lumbar Answer: pertaining to the area of the back between the
ribs and hips; the loin
◉ Occipital Answer: Back of the head
,◉ Otic Answer: pertaining to the ear
◉ Perineal Answer: pertaining to the region between the anus and
external genitalia
◉ Plantar Answer: pertaining to the sole of the foot
◉ Popliteal Answer: pertaining to the back of the knee
◉ Sacral Answer: pertaining to the region between the hips
(overlying the sacrum)
◉ Scapular Answer: pertaining to the scapula or shoulder blade area
◉ Sural Answer: pertaining to the calf or posterior surface of the leg
◉ Vertebral Answer: pertaining to the area of the spinal column
◉ Anterior/Ventral Body Answer:
◉ Posterior/Dorsal Body Answer:
, ◉ Sagittal Answer: a vertical plane that divides the body into right
and left parts
◉ Median Plane (midsagittal plane) Answer: sagittal plane that lies
exactly in the midline
◉ Parasagittal Planes Answer: all other sagittal planes offset from
the midline
◉ Frontal Planes (Coronal Plane) Answer: like sagittal plane lie
vertically, divide body into anterior and posterior parts
◉ Transverse/Horizontal Plane Answer: runs horizontally from
right to left, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts.
(Transverse is perpendicular to long axis of an organ, horizontal is
from front to back)
◉ Oblique Sections Answer: cuts made diagonally between the
horizontal and the vertical planes
◉ Dorsal Body Cavity Answer: protects the fragile nervous system
organs, has 2 subdivisions
◉ Cranial Cavity Answer: in the skull, encases the brain
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Thoracic Answer: pertaining to the chest
◉ Umbilical Answer: pertaining to the navel
◉ Acromial Answer: pertaining to the point of the shoulder
◉ Calcaneal Answer: pertaining to the heel of the foot
◉ Dorsum Answer: pertaining to the back
◉ Gluteal Answer: pertaining to the buttocks or rump
◉ Lumbar Answer: pertaining to the area of the back between the
ribs and hips; the loin
◉ Occipital Answer: Back of the head
,◉ Otic Answer: pertaining to the ear
◉ Perineal Answer: pertaining to the region between the anus and
external genitalia
◉ Plantar Answer: pertaining to the sole of the foot
◉ Popliteal Answer: pertaining to the back of the knee
◉ Sacral Answer: pertaining to the region between the hips
(overlying the sacrum)
◉ Scapular Answer: pertaining to the scapula or shoulder blade area
◉ Sural Answer: pertaining to the calf or posterior surface of the leg
◉ Vertebral Answer: pertaining to the area of the spinal column
◉ Anterior/Ventral Body Answer:
◉ Posterior/Dorsal Body Answer:
, ◉ Sagittal Answer: a vertical plane that divides the body into right
and left parts
◉ Median Plane (midsagittal plane) Answer: sagittal plane that lies
exactly in the midline
◉ Parasagittal Planes Answer: all other sagittal planes offset from
the midline
◉ Frontal Planes (Coronal Plane) Answer: like sagittal plane lie
vertically, divide body into anterior and posterior parts
◉ Transverse/Horizontal Plane Answer: runs horizontally from
right to left, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts.
(Transverse is perpendicular to long axis of an organ, horizontal is
from front to back)
◉ Oblique Sections Answer: cuts made diagonally between the
horizontal and the vertical planes
◉ Dorsal Body Cavity Answer: protects the fragile nervous system
organs, has 2 subdivisions
◉ Cranial Cavity Answer: in the skull, encases the brain
