NIU BIO 311 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027 |
COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW
What is anatomy? - correct answer ✔✔Study of bodily structure of living organisms
What are the different types of macroscopic anatomy? - correct answer ✔✔Surface anatomy
(external body)
Regional anatomy (specific regions)
Systemic anatomy (specific organ locations)
anatomical position - correct answer ✔✔Position of body standing straight up, palms forward
Anterior - correct answer ✔✔Nearer the front
Posterior - correct answer ✔✔Nearer the back
Superior - correct answer ✔✔Closer to head
Inferior - correct answer ✔✔Further from head
Medial - correct answer ✔✔Towards midline
Lateral - correct answer ✔✔away from the midline
Proximal - correct answer ✔✔nearest the point of attachment
, Distal - correct answer ✔✔away from the point of attachment
superficial - correct answer ✔✔near the surface
deep - correct answer ✔✔Away from the body surface; more internal
transverse plane - correct answer ✔✔Division of the body into upper and lower portions
midsaggital (median) plane - correct answer ✔✔divides the body into an equal left and right
side
frontal plane - correct answer ✔✔Divides the body into front and back portions.
How do we classify bones by shape? - correct answer ✔✔Long, short, flat, irregular
appendicular skeleton - correct answer ✔✔arms, legs, pelvis
axial skeleton - correct answer ✔✔head, neck, trunk
Origin - correct answer ✔✔attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular
contraction
Insertion - correct answer ✔✔attachment to movable bone
Action - correct answer ✔✔Mobile bone is brought to more stable bone
Innervation - correct answer ✔✔the supply of nerves to a specific body part
COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW
What is anatomy? - correct answer ✔✔Study of bodily structure of living organisms
What are the different types of macroscopic anatomy? - correct answer ✔✔Surface anatomy
(external body)
Regional anatomy (specific regions)
Systemic anatomy (specific organ locations)
anatomical position - correct answer ✔✔Position of body standing straight up, palms forward
Anterior - correct answer ✔✔Nearer the front
Posterior - correct answer ✔✔Nearer the back
Superior - correct answer ✔✔Closer to head
Inferior - correct answer ✔✔Further from head
Medial - correct answer ✔✔Towards midline
Lateral - correct answer ✔✔away from the midline
Proximal - correct answer ✔✔nearest the point of attachment
, Distal - correct answer ✔✔away from the point of attachment
superficial - correct answer ✔✔near the surface
deep - correct answer ✔✔Away from the body surface; more internal
transverse plane - correct answer ✔✔Division of the body into upper and lower portions
midsaggital (median) plane - correct answer ✔✔divides the body into an equal left and right
side
frontal plane - correct answer ✔✔Divides the body into front and back portions.
How do we classify bones by shape? - correct answer ✔✔Long, short, flat, irregular
appendicular skeleton - correct answer ✔✔arms, legs, pelvis
axial skeleton - correct answer ✔✔head, neck, trunk
Origin - correct answer ✔✔attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular
contraction
Insertion - correct answer ✔✔attachment to movable bone
Action - correct answer ✔✔Mobile bone is brought to more stable bone
Innervation - correct answer ✔✔the supply of nerves to a specific body part
