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Scentific discipline that investigates the body's structure and relationship of its parts to
each other. - correct answer. Anatomy
Pathalogical Anatomy - correct answer. Studies structural changes both micro and
macroscopically in the body resulting from a disease
Pathalogical Anatomy AKA: - correct answer. Morbid Anatomy
Physiological Anatomy - correct answer. Studies how the body works or Functions of
living things
Physiological Anatomy AKA: - correct answer. Physiology
Gross Anatomy - correct answer. Study of structures without a microscope or only
with the unaided eye
Gross Anatomy AKA: - correct answer. Macro-Scopic Anatomy
Microscopic Anatomy - correct answer. Study of a structure with a microscope
Subdivision of Microscopic Anatomy - correct answer. Histology - Study of Tissue
Cytology - Study of individual cell structure
Microscopic Anatomy sometimes used interchangeably as a term with - correct answer.
Histology
Systemic Anatomy - correct answer. Study of the body by individual system
Regional Anatomy - correct answer. Study of a particular body region
Describe Anatomical Position (5) - correct answer. Standing Erect
Facing Observer
,Feet flat on the floor
Upper extremities at sides
Palms facing Anteriorly
Prone - correct answer. Anterior Surface down / lying face up
Supine - correct answer. Anterior surface up / lying face down
Anterior - correct answer. AKA: Ventral
Closer to the front of the body
Posterior - correct answer. AKA: Dorsal
Closer to the back of the body
Medial - correct answer. Toward the midline or mediam plane of the body
Lateral - correct answer. Location away from the median plane
Superior - correct answer. Toward head
Upper part of the body
Away from feet
Superior AKA: (3) - correct answer. Cephalad
Cephalic
Cranial
Inferior - correct answer. Located toward the tail end or the inferior end of the body or
away from the head
Inferior AKA: - correct answer. Caudal
Proximal literally means ______. - correct answer. Nearest
Proximal - correct answer. Located closer to the point of attachment of a limb to the
trunk of the body.
Closer to the point of origin.
,Distal - correct answer. Distant, Located farther from the point of attachment to trunk
or further from the point of origin.
Deep - correct answer. Away from the surface of the body or toward the inside of the
body
Superficial - correct answer. Pertaining to something that is near or on the surface of
the body
Parietal - correct answer. relates to or forming the outer wall of a body cavity
Visceral - correct answer. Pertains to organs; or the covering of an organ
Internal - correct answer. within the body: pertaining to the inside of the body, the
opposite of external
External - correct answer. Pertaining to the exterior; the opposite of internal
Peripheral - correct answer. Located at, or pertaining to, the periphery, or outer suface
fo the body or body part
Occuring away from the center
Central - correct answer. Situated at or pertaining to a center or central point
Flexion - correct answer. Muscle action that decreases the angle at an articulation
Extension - correct answer. Muscle action that increases the angle at an articulation
Abduction - correct answer. Muscle action that moves extremity away from the midline
of the body
Adduction - correct answer. Muscle action that moves extremity toward the midline of
the body
Supination - correct answer. Act of rotating forearm so that palm faces superiorly or
anteriorly
Pronation - correct answer. Act of rotating forearm so that palm faces inferiorly or
posteriorly
SAS - correct answer. Supination, Anterior, Superior
PIP - correct answer. Pronation, Inferior, Posterior
Name six planes in which the body can be divided - correct answer. Sagittal
, Midsagittal
Parasagittal
Frontal
Horizontal
Oblique
Sagittal Plane - correct answer. Vertical plane running through the body and
separates right and left with no distinction between equal and unequal.
Midsagittal Plane - correct answer. Vertical plane that runs through the body directly
through the midline or center.
Divided into equal portions
Parasagittal Plane - correct answer. Vertical plane that divides the structure into
unequal parts
Midsagittal Plane AKA: - correct answer. Median Plane
Frontal Plane - correct answer. Divides the body or organ into anterior and posterior
portion
Frontal Plane AKA: - correct answer. Coronal Plane
Horizontal Plane - correct answer. Runs parallel to the ground and divides the body
into a superior or inferior portion.
Horizontal Plane AKA: - correct answer. Transverse Plane
Cross-Sectional Plane
Name the 5 body regions. - correct answer. Head
Neck or Cervical Region
Trunk or Torso
Upper Extremity or Limbs
Lower Extremity or Limbs