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Anatomy and Physiology 1: Midterm Review
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1. CHAPTER 1: The study of the STRUCTURE of the body
ANATOMY

2. PHYSIOLOGY The study of the FUNCTION of the body - Greek "relationship to nature"

3. PATHOLOGY The study of Disease

4. LEVELS OF ORGA- Atom>Molecules>Cells>Tissues>Organs>Systems>Organisms
NIZATION

5. CHARACTERIS- METABOLISM - living organisms use oxygen to release the energy stored in food
TICS OF LIFE (oxidative metabolism)
RESPONSIVENESS - living organisms respond to their environment
HOMEOSTASIS - living organisms remain within certain limits
ORGANIZATION - living organisms have varying degrees of organization (layers,
tissues, organs)
REPRODUCTION - living things have the ability to produce
GROWTH - living organisms will grow

6. Name the five (5) TWO MAIN CAVITIES - DORSAL & VENTAL
BODY CAVITIES DORSAL:
Cranial cavity
Spinal cavity
VENTRAL:
Thoracic cavity
Abdominal cavity
Pelvic cavity

7. PLANES OF THE FRONTAL (coronal) plane - divides the body into anterior and posterior sections
BODY SAGITTAL plane - divides the body into left and right sections
TRANSVERSE (horizontal) plane - dives the body into superior and interior sections

8.



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Describe the ANATOMICAL POSITION:
ANATOMICAL Body is upright
POSITION and Standing erect
know the Head level, eyes forward chin level
directional terms Arms at sides, palms forward (thumbs lateral)
Feet flat, directed forward, shoulder width apart

9. Directional terms SUPERIOR - a part above another part
- describe body
directions

10. Directional terms INFERIOR - a part is below another part
- describe body
directions

11. Directional terms ANTERIOR (ventral) - means towards the front
- describe body
directions

12. Directional terms POSTERIOR (dorsal) - means towards the back
- describe body
directions

13. Directional terms MEDIAL - an imaginary midline dividing the body intoequal right and left halves
- describe body
directions

14. Directional terms LATERAL - towards the side, away from midline (ears are lateral to the yes)
- describe body
directions

15. PROXIMAL - a part closer to a point of attachment to the trunk than another body
part (elbow is proximal to the wrist)



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Directional terms
- describe body
directions

16. Directional terms DISTAL - is the opposite of proximal. It means a particular body part is farther from
- describe body a point of attachment to the trunk. (the fingers are distal to the wrist)
directions

17. Directional terms CRANIAL (cephalic) and CAUDAL - Tail side
- describe body
directions

18. Directional terms PRONE - Lying face down
- describe body
directions

19. Directional terms SUPINE - Face up
- describe body
directions

20. Directional terms SUPERFICIAL - near the surface (the epidermis is the superficial layer of the skin)
- describe body
directions

21. Directional terms DEEP - more internal parts (the dermis is the deep layer of the skin)
- describe body
directions

22. ANABOLISM Metabolic building of simple compounds
into more complex substances needed by the body

23. ANATOMICAL Body is upright
POSITION Standing erect
Head level, eyes forward chin level