AAMI - Anatomy 1 Final Exam Questions
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Scentific discipline that investigates the body's structure and relationship of its parts to each
other. - ANS Anatomy
Pathalogical Anatomy - ANS Studies structural changes both micro and macroscopically in
the body resulting from a disease
Pathalogical Anatomy AKA: - ANS Morbid Anatomy
Physiological Anatomy - ANS Studies how the body works or Functions of living things
Physiological Anatomy AKA: - ANS Physiology
Gross Anatomy - ANS Study of structures without a microscope or only with the unaided eye
Gross Anatomy AKA: - ANS Macro-Scopic Anatomy
Microscopic Anatomy - ANS Study of a structure with a microscope
Subdivision of Microscopic Anatomy - ANS Histology - Study of Tissue
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Cytology - Study of individual cell structure
Microscopic Anatomy sometimes used interchangeably as a term with - ANS Histology
Systemic Anatomy - ANS Study of the body by individual system
Regional Anatomy - ANS Study of a particular body region
Describe Anatomical Position (5) - ANS Standing Erect
Facing Observer
Feet flat on the floor
Upper extremities at sides
Palms facing Anteriorly
Prone - ANS Anterior Surface down / lying face up
Supine - ANS Anterior surface up / lying face down
Anterior - ANS AKA: Ventral
Closer to the front of the body
Posterior - ANS AKA: Dorsal
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Closer to the back of the body
Medial - ANS Toward the midline or mediam plane of the body
Lateral - ANS Location away from the median plane
Superior - ANS Toward head
Upper part of the body
Away from feet
Superior AKA: (3) - ANS Cephalad
Cephalic
Cranial
Inferior - ANS Located toward the tail end or the inferior end of the body or away from the
head
Inferior AKA: - ANS Caudal
Proximal literally means ______. - ANS Nearest
Proximal - ANS Located closer to the point of attachment of a limb to the trunk of the body.
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Closer to the point of origin.
Distal - ANS Distant, Located farther from the point of attachment to trunk or further from
the point of origin.
Deep - ANS Away from the surface of the body or toward the inside of the body
Superficial - ANS Pertaining to something that is near or on the surface of the body
Parietal - ANS relates to or forming the outer wall of a body cavity
Visceral - ANS Pertains to organs; or the covering of an organ
Internal - ANS within the body: pertaining to the inside of the body, the opposite of external
External - ANS Pertaining to the exterior; the opposite of internal
Peripheral - ANS Located at, or pertaining to, the periphery, or outer suface fo the body or
body part
Occuring away from the center
Central - ANS Situated at or pertaining to a center or central point
Flexion - ANS Muscle action that decreases the angle at an articulation