Questions and CORRECT Answers
Anatomical Position - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to the body position as if the person
were standing upright with head/toes facing forward, arms adjacent to sides, palm facing
forwards with fingers extended and feet slightly spaced apart
Sagittal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Splits the body into right and left halves
Action that occurs in the sagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWER - flexion and extension
Frontal/coronal plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Splits the body into anterior and posterior
parts
Actions that occur in the frontal plane - CORRECT ANSWER - AB/AD duction
Transverse plane - CORRECT ANSWER - splits the body into superior and inferior parts
Actions that occur in the transverse plane - CORRECT ANSWER - rotational movements
Longitudinal section - CORRECT ANSWER - runs lengthwise or parallel to long axis of body
Transverse or cross section - CORRECT ANSWER - slices of body or its parts cut at right
angles to longitudinal axis
A transverse section of the foot lies in the ______________ plane due to the long axis of the foot
running horizontally - CORRECT ANSWER - Frontal
,Oblique section - CORRECT ANSWER - slices of the body or its parts cut at an oblique angle
not along longitudinal or transverse planes
Flexion and extension of the thumb occur in what plane and why: - CORRECT ANSWER -
frontal plane because it is technically an AB/AD movement
Bilateral - CORRECT ANSWER - both sides
Unilateral - CORRECT ANSWER - one side
Ipsilateral - CORRECT ANSWER - same side
Contralateral - CORRECT ANSWER - opposite side
Splanchnology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of organs
What are the major tissue types in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER - epithelial, muscle,
nervous, connective
What are the types of connective tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER - blood, bone, cartilage,
connective tissue proper
What are the types of cartilage? - CORRECT ANSWER - hyaline, elastic, fibrocartilage
What are the types of connective tissue proper? - CORRECT ANSWER - loose, dense/fibrous
What are the types of loose connective tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER - areolar, adipose, and
reticular
,What are the types of dense/fibrous connective tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER - regular,
irregular, elastic
What is connective tissue composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - various cells and protein
structural fibers in a characteristic ground substance
Cells in connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells,
blood cells
Fibers of connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - collagen, reticulin, elastin
Ground substance of connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - glycoproteins,
glycosaminoglycans, preoglycans
What is the liquid like substance or matrix of connective tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER -
ground substance
Appearance, consistency, and composition of connective tissue differs according to: - CORRECT
ANSWER - functional requirements
Loose areolar connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - high density of ground substance
and/or cells and is the most widespread
Dense connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - high density of collagenous fibers
Irregular connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - fibers are laid down in a random fashion
(cooked spaghetti)
Regular connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - fibers aligned in parallel (raw spaghetti)
, Loose irregular connective tissue (LICT) examples (1) - CORRECT ANSWER - superficial
fascia
Dense irregular connective tissue (DICT) examples (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - dermis, joint
capsules, muscle fascia
Dense regular connective tissue (DRCT) examples (4) - CORRECT ANSWER - tendons,
ligaments, deep fascia, aponeuroses
Superficial fascia - CORRECT ANSWER - loose irregular connective tissue that underlies the
dermis of the skin. Contains variable amounts of fat and superficial nerves (cutaneous), vessels
(i.e. great and small saphenous veins) and lymph nodes (i.e. inguinal)
Deep fascia - CORRECT ANSWER - dense regular connective tissue that inverses muscles,
separates the muscles into compartments, retains tendons, and reduces friction around tendons to
allow movement.
Intermuscular septa - CORRECT ANSWER - separate anterior/posterior/medial thigh
compartments
Interosseous membrane - CORRECT ANSWER - separate anterior and posterior compartment
of the leg
Retinacula - CORRECT ANSWER - retains tendons
Deep fascia reduces friction around the tendons to allow for movement via: - CORRECT
ANSWER - synovial tendon sheaths
Deep fascia of the thigh - CORRECT ANSWER - strong, dense, broad layer investing thigh
muscles.