ANPH 1001: Final Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Superior - Correct answer-uppermost or above
What is synonomous with superior? - Correct answer-Cranial and cephalad
Inferior - Correct answer-Lowermost or below
What is synonomous with inferior? - Correct answer-Caudal
Anterior - Correct answer-Front of the body
What is synonomous with anterior? - Correct answer-Ventral
Posterior - Correct answer-The back of the body
What is synonomous with posterior? - Correct answer-Dorsal
Medial - Correct answer-Nearest to the midline of the body
Lateral - Correct answer-Away from the midline of the body but still vertical
Proximal - Correct answer-Nearest to the point of attachment or origin
Distal - Correct answer-Away from the point of origin or attachment
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,Midsagittal - Correct answer-divides the body into right and left halves and is
synonomous with median plane
Horizontal - Correct answer-Dividing the body into the superior and inferior parts,
synonomous with transverse and axial plane
Frontal - Correct answer-Divides the body into the front and back, synonomous
with coronal
Sagittal - Correct answer-A plane that divides the body into any line parallel to
midsagittal
What 2 major cavities does the body have? - Correct answer-Dorsal and ventral;
these break into further cavities
The ventral cavity - Correct answer-thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
thoracic cavity - Correct answer-pericardial cavity (heart) and pleural cavity
(lungs)
Abdominopelvic cavity - Correct answer-Kidneys, gallbladder, intestines, liver,
stomach and reproductive organs
Dorsal Cavity - Correct answer-cranial cavity (brain) and spinal cavity (spinal
cord)
visceral - Correct answer-covering of an organ
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, What is the sequence of structural units? - Correct answer-atoms, molecules, cells,
tissues, organs, organ systems, organism and population
cells - Correct answer-smallest unit of life, they're the building blocks of structures
that relate to function. Cells have cell differentiation and specialization.
Tissue - Correct answer-Made up of the epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
tissues.
Epithelial Tissue - Correct answer-Covers and protects underlying organs and
tissues
Connective Tissue - Correct answer-Binds and supports other tissues
Muscle Tissue - Correct answer-Responsible for movement
Nervous tissue - Correct answer-Connects sensory structures to motor structures
Integumentary system - Correct answer-Organs: skin, hair, nails, sweat glands and
subaceous glands. Function: Insulation, temperature regulation, line of defence and
covers the body
cardiovascular system - Correct answer-Organs: heart, veins and capillaries.
Function: Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and wastes
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Answers Graded A+
Superior - Correct answer-uppermost or above
What is synonomous with superior? - Correct answer-Cranial and cephalad
Inferior - Correct answer-Lowermost or below
What is synonomous with inferior? - Correct answer-Caudal
Anterior - Correct answer-Front of the body
What is synonomous with anterior? - Correct answer-Ventral
Posterior - Correct answer-The back of the body
What is synonomous with posterior? - Correct answer-Dorsal
Medial - Correct answer-Nearest to the midline of the body
Lateral - Correct answer-Away from the midline of the body but still vertical
Proximal - Correct answer-Nearest to the point of attachment or origin
Distal - Correct answer-Away from the point of origin or attachment
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,Midsagittal - Correct answer-divides the body into right and left halves and is
synonomous with median plane
Horizontal - Correct answer-Dividing the body into the superior and inferior parts,
synonomous with transverse and axial plane
Frontal - Correct answer-Divides the body into the front and back, synonomous
with coronal
Sagittal - Correct answer-A plane that divides the body into any line parallel to
midsagittal
What 2 major cavities does the body have? - Correct answer-Dorsal and ventral;
these break into further cavities
The ventral cavity - Correct answer-thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
thoracic cavity - Correct answer-pericardial cavity (heart) and pleural cavity
(lungs)
Abdominopelvic cavity - Correct answer-Kidneys, gallbladder, intestines, liver,
stomach and reproductive organs
Dorsal Cavity - Correct answer-cranial cavity (brain) and spinal cavity (spinal
cord)
visceral - Correct answer-covering of an organ
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, What is the sequence of structural units? - Correct answer-atoms, molecules, cells,
tissues, organs, organ systems, organism and population
cells - Correct answer-smallest unit of life, they're the building blocks of structures
that relate to function. Cells have cell differentiation and specialization.
Tissue - Correct answer-Made up of the epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
tissues.
Epithelial Tissue - Correct answer-Covers and protects underlying organs and
tissues
Connective Tissue - Correct answer-Binds and supports other tissues
Muscle Tissue - Correct answer-Responsible for movement
Nervous tissue - Correct answer-Connects sensory structures to motor structures
Integumentary system - Correct answer-Organs: skin, hair, nails, sweat glands and
subaceous glands. Function: Insulation, temperature regulation, line of defence and
covers the body
cardiovascular system - Correct answer-Organs: heart, veins and capillaries.
Function: Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and wastes
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