Anatomy 260 Midterm exam questions with answers

Anatomy 260 Midterm exam questions with
answers


What is physiology? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the study of
how the body functions and mechanisms in the body


What is microscopic anatomy? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the
study of structures that cannot be seen without magnification


What is cytology? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the study of cells


What is histology? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the study of
tissues


What are the levels of organization? (simple to complex) -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chemical/molecular, cell tissue,
organ, organ system, organism


What is anatomical position? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔standing with feet flat on the floor, arms at side, and palms



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,facing forward


What is supine position? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lying
down, face up


What is prone position? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lying down,
face down


What are the 4 abdominopelvic quadrants? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
Left lower quadrant (LLQ)


What are the main organs in each of the abdominopelvic
quadrants? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔RUQ : gallbladder
LUQ: stomach
RLQ: appendix
LLQ: intestines


What are the anatomical directions? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS




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,✔✔superior: closer to head
inferior: closer to feet
anterior: closer to front
posterior: closer to back
medial: closer to middle of the body
lateral: closer to sides of the body
superficial: closer to surface
deep: farther from surface
proximal: near
distal: far


What cut in sectional anatomy separates left and right? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sagittal cut


What cut in sectional anatomy separates left and right equally? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔midsagittal cut


What cut in sectional anatomy separates left and right unequally? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔parasagittal cut


What cut in sectional anatomy separates superior and inferior? -




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, 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔transverse cut


What cut in sectional anatomy separates anterior and posterior? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔frontal cut


What cut in sectional anatomy separates tissue at an angle? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔oblique cut


What is cytoplasm? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the inner
portion of the cell


What is cytosol? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the fluid inside the
cell


What is the plasmalemma(cell membrane, phospholipid bilayer)? -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the outer membrane of the cell


What are the two categories of organelles? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔nonmembranous and membranous organelles


What are the nonmembranous organelles? - 🔹CORRECT




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