HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2026 MOCK PAPER COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW NOTES ANALYTICAL SUMMARY

HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2026
MOCK PAPER COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
NOTES ANALYTICAL SUMMARY

◉ Lumbar.
Answer: pertaining to the area of the back between the ribs and
hips; the loin


◉ Occipital.
Answer: Back of the head


◉ Plantar.
Answer: pertaining to the sole of the foot


◉ Vertebral.
Answer: pertaining to the area of the spinal column


◉ Anterior/Ventral Body.
Answer:


◉ Posterior/Dorsal Body.

,Answer:


◉ Sagittal.
Answer: a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left
parts


◉ Median Plane (midsagittal plane).
Answer: sagittal plane that lies exactly in the midline


◉ Parasagittal Planes.
Answer: all other sagittal planes offset from the midline


◉ Frontal Planes (Coronal Plane).
Answer: like sagittal plane lie vertically, divide body into anterior
and posterior parts


◉ Transverse/Horizontal Plane.
Answer: runs horizontally from right to left, dividing the body into
superior and inferior parts. (Transverse is perpendicular to long axis
of an organ, horizontal is from front to back)


◉ Oblique Sections.

, Answer: cuts made diagonally between the horizontal and the
vertical planes


◉ Dorsal Body Cavity.
Answer: protects the fragile nervous system organs, has 2
subdivisions


◉ Cranial Cavity.
Answer: in the skull, encases the brain


◉ Vertebral Cavity (Spinal Cavity).
Answer: runs within the bony vertebral column, encloses the
delicate spinal cord


◉ Ventral Body Cavity.
Answer: the more anterior and larger of the closed body cavities, has
2 major subdivisions, houses internal organs called Viscera


◉ Thoracic Cavity.
Answer: surrounded by the ribs and muscles of the chest


◉ Pleural Cavities.