2025 BIO201L Lab 1 Introduction to Science
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Lab Report Format Expectations
Utilize college level grammar and professional formatting when completing this
worksheet. Submissions without proper formatting, all required photos or
sufficient responses will be rejected.
Pre-lab Questions
1. This lab includes an experiment and two exercises that cover various
terms associated with Anatomy and Physiology. For the following terms,
write a description that you can then refer to later in the lab.
● Transverse plane
A horizontal slice that separates the body into upper and lower parts.
● Sagittal plane
A vertical division that splits the body into right and left parts.
● Midsagittal plane
A precise vertical cut that divides the body into two equal right and
left halves.
● Coronal plane
A vertical plane that slices the body into front (anterior) and back
(posterior) sections.
, 2. Identify the major organs that are contained in each cavity listed below.
Indicate whether they belong in a cavity subdivision, and if so, name the
cavity subdivision.
● Dorsal cavity
Houses the brain in the cranial cavity and spinal cord in the vertebral
cavity.
● Ventral cavity
Includes the thoracic cavity with the heart (pericardial cavity), lungs
(pleural cavities), and esophagus; also the abdominopelvic cavity
which has organs like the stomach, liver, kidneys, and reproductive
organs.
3. Match the body cavities that have to be opened during the surgical
procedures listed below. Note that more than one choice may apply.
(a) thoracic (b) vertebral (c)
abdominopelvic
(d) pericardial (e) pleural (f) cranial
Liver
operation c:
c
Triple bypass heart surgery (arteries on
the heart) a, d: c
Stomach
stapling c: c
Removal of a section of lung or
lobe a, e: c
Manual pressure release of a brain
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Student Name:
Access Code:
Lab Report Format Expectations
Utilize college level grammar and professional formatting when completing this
worksheet. Submissions without proper formatting, all required photos or
sufficient responses will be rejected.
Pre-lab Questions
1. This lab includes an experiment and two exercises that cover various
terms associated with Anatomy and Physiology. For the following terms,
write a description that you can then refer to later in the lab.
● Transverse plane
A horizontal slice that separates the body into upper and lower parts.
● Sagittal plane
A vertical division that splits the body into right and left parts.
● Midsagittal plane
A precise vertical cut that divides the body into two equal right and
left halves.
● Coronal plane
A vertical plane that slices the body into front (anterior) and back
(posterior) sections.
, 2. Identify the major organs that are contained in each cavity listed below.
Indicate whether they belong in a cavity subdivision, and if so, name the
cavity subdivision.
● Dorsal cavity
Houses the brain in the cranial cavity and spinal cord in the vertebral
cavity.
● Ventral cavity
Includes the thoracic cavity with the heart (pericardial cavity), lungs
(pleural cavities), and esophagus; also the abdominopelvic cavity
which has organs like the stomach, liver, kidneys, and reproductive
organs.
3. Match the body cavities that have to be opened during the surgical
procedures listed below. Note that more than one choice may apply.
(a) thoracic (b) vertebral (c)
abdominopelvic
(d) pericardial (e) pleural (f) cranial
Liver
operation c:
c
Triple bypass heart surgery (arteries on
the heart) a, d: c
Stomach
stapling c: c
Removal of a section of lung or
lobe a, e: c
Manual pressure release of a brain
