Portage Learning A&P 1 lab 1 Exam Questions and Answers 2024

Portage Learning A&P 1 lab 1 Exam Questions and Answers 2024 anatomical position -Answer-To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned forward saggital plane -Answer-divides the body into a right and left side midsagittal plane -Answer-divides the body into equal right and left sides perisagittal plane -Answer-Dividing into unequal left and right planes frontal plane (coronal plane) -Answer-divides body into anterior and posterior sides transverse plane -Answer-horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions Anterior (ventral) -Answer-toward the front or towards the belly. Also known as the Ventral position. Posterior -Answer-toward the back also known as dorsal. Superior -Answer-Higher on the body, nearer to the head Inferior -Answer-Lower on the body, towards the feet. Medial -Answer-Toward the midline of the body Lateral -Answer-Away from the midline of the body Proximal -Answer-Closer to the point of attachment Distal -Answer-further from the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body superficial -Answer-closer to the surface of the body deep -Answer-away from the surface of the body prone -Answer-lying face down on the belly supine -Answer-lying on the back axial region -Answer-includes the head, neck, and trunk Two regions of the trunk -Answer-Thoracic and abdominal Thoracic -Answer-Any region above the diaphragm Diaphragm -Answer-Large, flat muscle at the bottom of the chest cavity that helps with breathing below the ribcage abdominal region -Answer-anything below the diaphragm appendicular region -Answer-upper and lower limbs Upper limbs include -Answer-brachium, antebrachium, carpus, manus,digits brachium -Answer-upper arm (shoulder to elbow) Antebrachium -Answer-lower arm (elbow to wrist) carpus -Answer-wrist manus -Answer-hand Digits (phalanges) -Answer-fingers, toes