Planes, Cavities and Regions
3 types of planes of the body
What are the Sagittal, Frontal/Coronal, and Transverse planes?
Translate Homeostasis
What is Homeo-same stasis-not moving or changing?
The definition of anatomy
What is the study of the structure of the body and its parts?
Describe anatomical position
What is standing tall, feet slightly apart, head and toes facing forward, arms out at sides, palms facing forward?
The lips to the nose
What is inferior?
Name 2 main body cavities
What is the thoracic, abdominopelvic cavity (abdominal and pelvic) and the cranial cavity?
Two feedback mechanisms of homeostasis
What are negative and positive feedback?
The definition of Physiology
What is the study of the functions of the body parts and how they work?
Describe right, left
What is when looking at the patient always describe their right and left not yours?
The thumb to the shoulder
What is distal?
2 cavities that the diaphragm divides
What are the thoracic and abdominal cavities?
Define positive feedback
What is when homeostatic mechanisms encourage the response (departs from set point with no return)?
2 of the major types of anatomy
What is Gross Anatomy and Microscopic Anatomy?
Parts of the body that proximal and distal can be used
What are the arms or legs?
The orbital cavity to your ear.
What is medial?
Describe the whereabouts of the Cranial Cavity
What is the head (or where is the brain)?
Define Negative feedback
What is when homeostatic mechanisms reverse the response (returns to set point after departure)?
This determines function
What is form?
Lateral limb to the stomach
What is the arm?
What is posterior?
Plane that can cut both legs from the stomach
What is the transverse plane?
Define Homeostasis
Process of the body maintaining stable internal conditions?
Kidney filtration, bone growth, and heart rhythm would all be studied under which field: anatomy or physiology? Explain.
What is physiology? It is about how it works, or what it does. These are processes (functions)
Importance of Anatomical position
What is because it is a universal reference for all doctors and scientists?
The epigastric region to the umbilical region?
What is superior?