AAMI Anatomy 1 Final Exam Questions and Answers

AAMI Anatomy 1 Final Exam Questions and Answers Scentific discipline that investigates the body's structure and relationship of its parts to each other. - ANSWER Anatomy Pathalogical Anatomy - ANSWER Studies structural changes both micro and macroscopically in the body resulting from a disease Pathalogical Anatomy AKA: - ANSWER Morbid Anatomy Physiological Anatomy - ANSWER Studies how the body works or Functions of living things Physiological Anatomy AKA: - ANSWER Physiology Gross Anatomy - ANSWER Study of structures without a microscope or only with the unaided eye Gross Anatomy AKA: - ANSWER Macro-Scopic Anatomy Microscopic Anatomy - ANSWER Study of a structure with a microscope Subdivision of Microscopic Anatomy - ANSWER Histology - Study of Tissue Cytology - Study of individual cell structure Microscopic Anatomy sometimes used interchangeably as a term with - ANSWER Histology Systemic Anatomy - ANSWER Study of the body by individual system Regional Anatomy - ANSWER Study of a particular body region Describe Anatomical Position (5) - ANSWER Standing Erect Facing Observer Feet flat on the floor Upper extremities at sides Palms facing Anteriorly Prone - ANSWER Anterior Surface down / lying face up Supine - ANSWER Anterior surface up / lying face down Anterior - ANSWER AKA: Ventral Closer to the front of the body Posterior - ANSWER AKA: Dorsal Closer to the back of the body Medial - ANSWER Toward the midline or mediam plane of the body Lateral - ANSWER Location away from the median plane Superior - ANSWER Toward head Upper part of the body Away from feet Superior AKA: (3) - ANSWER Cephalad Cephalic Cranial Inferior - ANSWER Located toward the tail end or the inferior end of the body or away from the head Inferior AKA: - ANSWER Caudal Proximal literally means ______. - ANSWER Nearest Proximal - ANSWER Located closer to the point of attachment of a limb to the trunk of the body.