A&P 251 exam 1 with correct answers

A&P 251 exam 1 with correct answers

Anatomy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of body
structure of organisms and their parts


Physiology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of body
function of organisms and their parts


Medial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Toward the midline of the
body


example of medial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The nose is
medial to the ears


Lateral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Away from the midline of
the body


example of lateral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The arms are
lateral to the chest


Anterior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔front of the body




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,Example of Anterior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The eyes
are anterior to the brain


Posterior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔toward the back


example of posterior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The spine
is posterior to the heart


Proximal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Closer to the origin of
the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the
body trunk


example of proximal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The elbow
is proximal to the wrist


Distal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔away from the point of
attachment


example of distal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The knee is
distal to the thigh


Superior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔toward the head




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, example of superior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The head is
superior to the abdomen


Inferior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lower on the body,
farther from the head


example of inferior - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the neck is
inferior to the head


frontal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Divides the body
into front and back portions.


sagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔divides body into
left and right


midsagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔divides the
body into equal right and left sides


parasagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Divides body
into unequal right and left sides


transverse plane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔line that
divides the body into upper and lower sections



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