Mizzou Anatomy Exam 1 With Complete Solutions
Superior direction - ANSWER Towards the head
Inferior - ANSWER Towards your feet
Medial - ANSWER Towards midline
Lateral - ANSWER Away from midline
Proximal - ANSWER Towards trunk
Distal - ANSWER Away from trunk
Superficial - ANSWER Towards outer layer of skin
Deep - ANSWER Innermost layer of body
Axial skeleton - ANSWER Trunk and head of body skeleton
Appendicular - ANSWER Arms and legs of skeletal body
Abdominal Quadrants - ANSWER Right/left upper quadrant (RUQ)
Right/left lower quadrant (RLQ)
Arm, Forearm, Hand terms - ANSWER Brachial, antebrachial, manus
,Thigh, Leg, Foot terms - ANSWER Femoral, crural, pes
Thumb - ANSWER Pollex
Big toe - ANSWER Hallux
Dorsal surface - ANSWER Top of hand and foot
Plantar surface - ANSWER Bottom of hand and foot
Zygote - ANSWER Union of 2 gametes
Embryo - ANSWER Child beginning to form limbs
Fetus - ANSWER Fully developed child in the womb
cleavage - ANSWER Rapid cell divisions
Blastocyst - ANSWER Hollow ball of 2 cell types. Inner cell develops into embryo
Primitive streak - ANSWER Forms into the back and creates the trilaminar disc
Ectoderm - ANSWER Forms skin and nervous tissue
Mesoderm - ANSWER Notochord, heart, kidneys, skeleton
, Endoderm - ANSWER Lining of digestive tract, liver, thyroid
Sclerotome (Mesoderm) - ANSWER Becomes vertebrae and ribs
Myotome (Mesoderm) - ANSWER Become limb and trunk muscles
Dermatome (Mesoderm) - ANSWER Dermis layer of skin
Notochord - ANSWER Forms the backbone. Found in mesoderm
What happens during Fetal period - ANSWER Rapid growth
Epithelial Tissue - ANSWER Layer of cells that cover body surfaces (Skin)
Connective tissue - ANSWER Fill internal spaces and provide support for other tissues
Muscle tissue - ANSWER Contract to produce movement of skeletal or organ walls
Nervous tissue - ANSWER Specialized for conduction of nervous impulses
Simple Squamous - ANSWER Exchange for gas. Located in alveoli of lungs, lining of
heart
Simple Cuboidal - ANSWER Good for secretion and absorption. Located Kidney tubules,
surface of ovaries
Simple Columnar - ANSWER Some have cilia. Located stomach, small/large intestines
(unciliated) Uterine tubes (ciliated)
Superior direction - ANSWER Towards the head
Inferior - ANSWER Towards your feet
Medial - ANSWER Towards midline
Lateral - ANSWER Away from midline
Proximal - ANSWER Towards trunk
Distal - ANSWER Away from trunk
Superficial - ANSWER Towards outer layer of skin
Deep - ANSWER Innermost layer of body
Axial skeleton - ANSWER Trunk and head of body skeleton
Appendicular - ANSWER Arms and legs of skeletal body
Abdominal Quadrants - ANSWER Right/left upper quadrant (RUQ)
Right/left lower quadrant (RLQ)
Arm, Forearm, Hand terms - ANSWER Brachial, antebrachial, manus
,Thigh, Leg, Foot terms - ANSWER Femoral, crural, pes
Thumb - ANSWER Pollex
Big toe - ANSWER Hallux
Dorsal surface - ANSWER Top of hand and foot
Plantar surface - ANSWER Bottom of hand and foot
Zygote - ANSWER Union of 2 gametes
Embryo - ANSWER Child beginning to form limbs
Fetus - ANSWER Fully developed child in the womb
cleavage - ANSWER Rapid cell divisions
Blastocyst - ANSWER Hollow ball of 2 cell types. Inner cell develops into embryo
Primitive streak - ANSWER Forms into the back and creates the trilaminar disc
Ectoderm - ANSWER Forms skin and nervous tissue
Mesoderm - ANSWER Notochord, heart, kidneys, skeleton
, Endoderm - ANSWER Lining of digestive tract, liver, thyroid
Sclerotome (Mesoderm) - ANSWER Becomes vertebrae and ribs
Myotome (Mesoderm) - ANSWER Become limb and trunk muscles
Dermatome (Mesoderm) - ANSWER Dermis layer of skin
Notochord - ANSWER Forms the backbone. Found in mesoderm
What happens during Fetal period - ANSWER Rapid growth
Epithelial Tissue - ANSWER Layer of cells that cover body surfaces (Skin)
Connective tissue - ANSWER Fill internal spaces and provide support for other tissues
Muscle tissue - ANSWER Contract to produce movement of skeletal or organ walls
Nervous tissue - ANSWER Specialized for conduction of nervous impulses
Simple Squamous - ANSWER Exchange for gas. Located in alveoli of lungs, lining of
heart
Simple Cuboidal - ANSWER Good for secretion and absorption. Located Kidney tubules,
surface of ovaries
Simple Columnar - ANSWER Some have cilia. Located stomach, small/large intestines
(unciliated) Uterine tubes (ciliated)
