PNVN 1811: EXAM #1 A&P STUDY
GUIDE fully solved
anatomy - correct answer ✔✔study of structure of an organism and relationship of its parts
***BODY PARTS***
physiology - correct answer ✔✔study of functions of living organisms and their parts
***FUNCTION***
pathology - correct answer ✔✔scientific study of disease
***DISEASES***
scientific method - correct answer ✔✔- observations and previous experiments
- propose hypothesis
- design experiment
- collect and analyze data
- determine whether data are biased
- refine hypothesis
- repeat experiments
- accept as theory
- accept as law
anatomical position - correct answer ✔✔body standing erect, slightly apart, arms at sides,
palms turned forward
,supine - correct answer ✔✔laying on the back
prone - correct answer ✔✔laying on the stomach
anterior - correct answer ✔✔- front, in front of
- ventral
posterior - correct answer ✔✔- back, in back of
- dorsal
superior - correct answer ✔✔- toward the head
- upper
- above
- higher
inferior - correct answer ✔✔- toward the feet
- lower
- below
medial - correct answer ✔✔toward the midline of a structure
lateral - correct answer ✔✔away from the midline or toward the side of a structure
proximal - correct answer ✔✔toward or nearest the trunk (torso), or nearest the point of origin
of a structure
, distal - correct answer ✔✔away from or farthest from the trunk, (torso) or farthest from a
structure's point of origin
sagittal plane - correct answer ✔✔LENGTHWISE plane that divides a structure into right and left
sections
midsagittal plane - correct answer ✔✔sagittal plane that divides the body into two EQUAL
halves
frontal (coronal) plane - correct answer ✔✔LENGTHWISE plane that divides a structure into
ANTERIOR and POSTERIOR sections
transverse plane - correct answer ✔✔HORIZONTAL plane that divides a structure into UPPER
and LOWER sections
superficial - correct answer ✔✔- nearer the body surface
- near the skin
- shallow
deep - correct answer ✔✔- farther away from the body surface
- further from the skin
major cavities - correct answer ✔✔> DORSAL CAVITY
- cranial cavity
- spinal cavity
> VENTRAL CAVITY
- thoracic cavity
GUIDE fully solved
anatomy - correct answer ✔✔study of structure of an organism and relationship of its parts
***BODY PARTS***
physiology - correct answer ✔✔study of functions of living organisms and their parts
***FUNCTION***
pathology - correct answer ✔✔scientific study of disease
***DISEASES***
scientific method - correct answer ✔✔- observations and previous experiments
- propose hypothesis
- design experiment
- collect and analyze data
- determine whether data are biased
- refine hypothesis
- repeat experiments
- accept as theory
- accept as law
anatomical position - correct answer ✔✔body standing erect, slightly apart, arms at sides,
palms turned forward
,supine - correct answer ✔✔laying on the back
prone - correct answer ✔✔laying on the stomach
anterior - correct answer ✔✔- front, in front of
- ventral
posterior - correct answer ✔✔- back, in back of
- dorsal
superior - correct answer ✔✔- toward the head
- upper
- above
- higher
inferior - correct answer ✔✔- toward the feet
- lower
- below
medial - correct answer ✔✔toward the midline of a structure
lateral - correct answer ✔✔away from the midline or toward the side of a structure
proximal - correct answer ✔✔toward or nearest the trunk (torso), or nearest the point of origin
of a structure
, distal - correct answer ✔✔away from or farthest from the trunk, (torso) or farthest from a
structure's point of origin
sagittal plane - correct answer ✔✔LENGTHWISE plane that divides a structure into right and left
sections
midsagittal plane - correct answer ✔✔sagittal plane that divides the body into two EQUAL
halves
frontal (coronal) plane - correct answer ✔✔LENGTHWISE plane that divides a structure into
ANTERIOR and POSTERIOR sections
transverse plane - correct answer ✔✔HORIZONTAL plane that divides a structure into UPPER
and LOWER sections
superficial - correct answer ✔✔- nearer the body surface
- near the skin
- shallow
deep - correct answer ✔✔- farther away from the body surface
- further from the skin
major cavities - correct answer ✔✔> DORSAL CAVITY
- cranial cavity
- spinal cavity
> VENTRAL CAVITY
- thoracic cavity
