ZOOL 2403 Test 1 Questions With All Correct Answers!!

Anatomy - Answer-Describes the structures of the body Supine - Answer-lying face up Prone - Answer-lying face down Medial - Answer-toward the midline Lateral - Answer-away from the midline superior - Answer-above Inferior - Answer-below Anterior - Answer-toward the front Posterior - Answer-toward the back proximal - Answer-closer to point of attachment to trunk distal - Answer-Farther from the trunk of the body Transverse plane - Answer-horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions frontal plane - Answer-Divides the body into front and back portions. Saggital plane - Answer-divides the body into a right and left side 3 functions of axial skeleton - Answer-supports body, protects organs, attaches to skeletal musclesfunction of hyoid bone - Answer-attachment site for skeletal muscles associated with the larynx and pharynx 3 functions of the vertebral column - Answer-protects the spinal cord, supports the head and body, attaches to skeletal muscles of the back function of sacrum - Answer-protect organs (more curved in males than females function of coccyx - Answer-attaches ligaments and a constricting muscle of the anus pectoral girdle - Answer-clavicle and scapula Another name for forearm - Answer-antebrachium How many carpals are there? - Answer-8 pelvic girdle - Answer-ilium, ischium, pubis function of pelvic girdle - Answer-connects the lower limbs to the axial skeleton What kind of bone is the patella? - Answer-sesamoid bone How many tarsal bones are there? - Answer-7 four components of synovial joint - Answer-Cavity, Capsule, synovial membrane, articular cartilage What does the cavity of a synovial joint do? - Answer-separates the two bones What does the capsule in a synovial joint do? - Answer-Encloses the joint and retains fluid What does the synovial membrane do? - Answer-lines the capsule and secretes synovial fluid