1b- Introduction to Human Anatomy Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Depressions and Openings
Answer: Foramen: Opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass Notch: Indentation at
bone's edge Meatus: Enter, but does not pass through structure Fossa: Shallow depression Sulcus: Furrow
along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon
Question 2: Processes that from joints
Answer: Condyle: Large, round protuberance at the end of a bone Face: Smooth flat article surface Head:
Rounded articular projection supported on the neck of a bone
Question 3: Processes that form attachment points
Answer: Crest: Prominent ridge or elongated projection Epicondyle: Projection above a condyle Spinous
process: Sharp, slender projection Trochanter: Very large projection Tubercle: Small, rounded projection
Tuberosity: Large, rounded, usually roughened projection
Question 4: Important muscular terms
Answer: Origin: Placement of muscle attachment for the stationary bone Insertion: Placement of the muscle
attachment for the bone it moves Innervation: The nervous supply to a muscle Action: The motion the
muscle creates
Question 5: Planes
Answer: Motion occurs "IN A PLANE" two dimensional surface defined by 3 points not on the same line
Question 6: Axis
Answer: A line passing perpendicular through a plane Motion occurs "ABOUT AN AXIS"
Question 7: Anatomical Planes of Motion
Answer: Sagittal: divides body into unequal left and right sides Mid-sagittal: Divides body into equal left
and right sides Frontal: divides body into anterior and posterior parts Transverse: Divides body into superior
and inferior parts
Question 8: Anatomical Axes of Motion
Answer: Perpendicular to anatomical planes Antero-posterior Axis: Frontal plane Mediolateral Axis:
sagittal plane Longitudinal Axis: Transverse plane
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Depressions and Openings
Answer: Foramen: Opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass Notch: Indentation at
bone's edge Meatus: Enter, but does not pass through structure Fossa: Shallow depression Sulcus: Furrow
along a bone surface that accommodates a blood vessel, nerve, or tendon
Question 2: Processes that from joints
Answer: Condyle: Large, round protuberance at the end of a bone Face: Smooth flat article surface Head:
Rounded articular projection supported on the neck of a bone
Question 3: Processes that form attachment points
Answer: Crest: Prominent ridge or elongated projection Epicondyle: Projection above a condyle Spinous
process: Sharp, slender projection Trochanter: Very large projection Tubercle: Small, rounded projection
Tuberosity: Large, rounded, usually roughened projection
Question 4: Important muscular terms
Answer: Origin: Placement of muscle attachment for the stationary bone Insertion: Placement of the muscle
attachment for the bone it moves Innervation: The nervous supply to a muscle Action: The motion the
muscle creates
Question 5: Planes
Answer: Motion occurs "IN A PLANE" two dimensional surface defined by 3 points not on the same line
Question 6: Axis
Answer: A line passing perpendicular through a plane Motion occurs "ABOUT AN AXIS"
Question 7: Anatomical Planes of Motion
Answer: Sagittal: divides body into unequal left and right sides Mid-sagittal: Divides body into equal left
and right sides Frontal: divides body into anterior and posterior parts Transverse: Divides body into superior
and inferior parts
Question 8: Anatomical Axes of Motion
Answer: Perpendicular to anatomical planes Antero-posterior Axis: Frontal plane Mediolateral Axis:
sagittal plane Longitudinal Axis: Transverse plane
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