ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY
STUDY GUIDE WITH TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⩥ What is anatomy? Answer: the study of structure of body parts and
their relationship to one another
⩥ What is physiology. Answer: the study of function of the body - how
the body parts work and carry out their life sustaining activities
⩥ What is gross or macroscopic anatomy? Answer: the study of the large
body structures, visible to the naked eye such as heart, lungs kidneys
⩥ What is regional anatomy? Answer: the study of all the structures in a
particular region of the body.ex: abdomen or legs
⩥ What is systemic anatomy?. Answer: the study of body systems such
as the cardiovascular system
,⩥ What are the 3 different subdivisions of gross or macroscopic
anatomy? Answer: regional, systemic, and surface anatomy
⩥ What is surface anatomy?. Answer: the study of internal structures as
they relate to the overlying skin surface - e.g. - identifying the bulging
muscles beneath a bodybuilders skin or to locate appropriate blood
vessels in which to feel pulses or draw blood
⩥ What are 2 subdivisions of study for microscopic anatomy?. Answer:
cytology (cells) and histology (tissues)
⩥ What is developmental anatomy?. Answer: Tracing structural changes
that occur in the body throughout the life span -- Embryology is a
subdivision of developmental anatomy that concerns developmental
changes occurring before birth
⩥ What are some subdivisions of physiology?. Answer: renal physiology
(operation of kidney), neurophysiology (nervous system), and
cardiovascular physiology (operation of the heart and blood vessels)
⩥ What is the principle of complementarity?. Answer: anatomy and
physiology are inseparable, the function always refects structure and
what a structure can do depends on its specific form.
, ⩥ In what way does physiology depend of anatomy?. Answer: the
operation or function of a structure is dictated by its anatomy
⩥ Would you be studying anatomy or physiology if you investigated
how muscles shorten? If you explored the location of the lungs in the
body?. Answer: Muscle shortening is a topic of physiology. The body
location of the lungs is an anatomy topic.
⩥ What are the levels of structural organization?. Answer: chemical
(atoms and molecules), cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and
organismal level
⩥ What does the digestive system do?. Answer: takes in nutrients,
breaks them down into simple molecules that can be absorbed into the
blood, and eliminates unabsorbed matter (feces)
⩥ What does the respiratory system do?. Answer: takes in oxygen and
eliminates carbon dioxide
⩥ What does the urinary system do?. Answer: eliminates nitrogenous
wastes and excess ions
⩥ What does the cardiovascular system do?. Answer: via the blood,
distributes oxygen and nutrients to all body cells and delivers wastes and
carbon dioxide to deposal organs
STUDY GUIDE WITH TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⩥ What is anatomy? Answer: the study of structure of body parts and
their relationship to one another
⩥ What is physiology. Answer: the study of function of the body - how
the body parts work and carry out their life sustaining activities
⩥ What is gross or macroscopic anatomy? Answer: the study of the large
body structures, visible to the naked eye such as heart, lungs kidneys
⩥ What is regional anatomy? Answer: the study of all the structures in a
particular region of the body.ex: abdomen or legs
⩥ What is systemic anatomy?. Answer: the study of body systems such
as the cardiovascular system
,⩥ What are the 3 different subdivisions of gross or macroscopic
anatomy? Answer: regional, systemic, and surface anatomy
⩥ What is surface anatomy?. Answer: the study of internal structures as
they relate to the overlying skin surface - e.g. - identifying the bulging
muscles beneath a bodybuilders skin or to locate appropriate blood
vessels in which to feel pulses or draw blood
⩥ What are 2 subdivisions of study for microscopic anatomy?. Answer:
cytology (cells) and histology (tissues)
⩥ What is developmental anatomy?. Answer: Tracing structural changes
that occur in the body throughout the life span -- Embryology is a
subdivision of developmental anatomy that concerns developmental
changes occurring before birth
⩥ What are some subdivisions of physiology?. Answer: renal physiology
(operation of kidney), neurophysiology (nervous system), and
cardiovascular physiology (operation of the heart and blood vessels)
⩥ What is the principle of complementarity?. Answer: anatomy and
physiology are inseparable, the function always refects structure and
what a structure can do depends on its specific form.
, ⩥ In what way does physiology depend of anatomy?. Answer: the
operation or function of a structure is dictated by its anatomy
⩥ Would you be studying anatomy or physiology if you investigated
how muscles shorten? If you explored the location of the lungs in the
body?. Answer: Muscle shortening is a topic of physiology. The body
location of the lungs is an anatomy topic.
⩥ What are the levels of structural organization?. Answer: chemical
(atoms and molecules), cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and
organismal level
⩥ What does the digestive system do?. Answer: takes in nutrients,
breaks them down into simple molecules that can be absorbed into the
blood, and eliminates unabsorbed matter (feces)
⩥ What does the respiratory system do?. Answer: takes in oxygen and
eliminates carbon dioxide
⩥ What does the urinary system do?. Answer: eliminates nitrogenous
wastes and excess ions
⩥ What does the cardiovascular system do?. Answer: via the blood,
distributes oxygen and nutrients to all body cells and delivers wastes and
carbon dioxide to deposal organs
