100+ Q&A on Anatomy, Directional Terms, Cavities & Disorders | The Human Body in Health and Disease

The Human Body in Health &
Disease


Anatomy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of structures in the body


Physiology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of functions of the structures of the

body


Anatomical Position - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔describes the body standing up

straight so that the body is erect and facing forward, holding arms at the

sides with hands turned so palms face toward the front


Body Planes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔imaginary vertical and horizontal lines used

to divide the body into sections for descriptive purposes

,Vertical Plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an up-and-down plane that is at a right

angle to the horizon


Sagittal Plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a vertical plane that divides the body into

unequal left and right portions


Midsagittal Plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the sagittal plane that divides the body

into equal left and right halves (also known as the midline)


Frontal Plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a vertical plane that divides the body into

anterior and posterior portions, also known as the coronal plane, located at

right angles to the sagittal plane


Horizontal Plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a flat, crosswise plane, such as the

horizon


Transverse Plane - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a horizontal plane that divides the body

into superior and inferior portions. Can be at the waist or at and other level

on the body


Ventral - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔front (or belly side) of the organ or body


Dorsal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔back of the organ or body

, Anterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔situated in the front, on the front or forward part

of an organ


Posterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔situated in the back, back part of an organ


Superior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔uppermost, above, or toward the head


Inferior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lowermost, below, or toward the feet


Cephalic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔toward the head


Caudal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔toward the lower part of the body (caud- means

tail)


Proximal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔situated nearest the midline or beginning of a

body structure


Distal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a

body structure


Medial - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the direction toward or nearer the midline


Lateral - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the direction toward or nearer the side of the body,

away from the midline




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