Lab 1 BIOD 151

Lab 1 BIOD 151 Verified Questions And Answers abdominal region - abdomen abdominopelvic cavity - abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity anatomical position - To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned forward anterior - front of the body anti-brachium - forearm appendicular region - upper and lower limbs axial region - head, neck, trunk brachium - upper arm carpus - wrist course and fine adjustment knobs - the knobs located on either side of the stage that are used to move the stage in order to bring the specimen into focus cranial cavity - contains the brain crus - lower leg deep - away from the surface digits - fingers, toes distal - farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk dorsal cavity - includes the cranial and spinal cavities. frontal plane - Divides the body into front and back portions. inferior - away from the head lateral - away from the midline manus - hand mechanical stage control - allows precise movement of the slide medial - toward the midline mediastinum - area between the lungs containing the heart, aorta, venae cavae, esophagus, and trachea meninges - three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord microscope arm - the portion of the microscope that connects the lenses to the base microscope base - the portion of the microscope that rests on the table and supports the microscope microscope diaphragm - part of the microscope that controls the amount of light to the object being viewed microscope nose piece - revolving plate, holing lenses microscope objectives - Individual lens attached to the revolving nose piece microscope ocular - eyepiece microscope stage - a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination pericardial cavity - contains the heart pericardium - Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart. peritoneal cavity - space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum peritoneum - Double-layered membrane surrounding the abdominal organs pes - foot pleura - double-layered membrane surrounding each lung pleural cavities - contain the lungs pleurisy - inflammation of the pleura posterior - toward the back prone - lying face down proximal - Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk retroperitoneal - located behind the peritoneum sagittal plane - divides body into left and right spinal cavity - contains the spinal cord superficial - near the surface superior - toward the head supine - lying on the back tarsus - ankle thigh - the part of the leg between the hip and the knee thoracic cavity - contains heart and lungs thoracic region - chest area transverse plane - horizontal divi