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The wrist is ____ to the elbow.
What is distal?
What level of organization comes directly after a cell?
What is tissue?
What structure separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities?
What is the diaphragm?
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
Anatomy - study of what something is
Physiology - study of what something does
The heart is ______ to the lungs.
What is medial?
What level comes directly after tissue?
What is organ?
The cranial and vertebral cavities make up which major cavity?
What is the difference between medial and lateral?
medial - toward the midline
lateral - away from the midline or towards the outside
The skin is _____ to the muscles.
What is superficial?
What level comes directly after an organ?
What is organ system?
The thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities make up which major cavity?
What is the ventral cavity?
What is the difference between proximal and distal?
distal - a point farther from the point of attachment
The sternum is ______ to the vertebral column.
What is anterior?
What is the highest level of organization?
What is organism?
What cavity contains both the abdominal and pelvic cavities?
Name the three major body planes.
Sagittal, Frontal/Coronal, Transverse
What is inferior?
What is a group of organs working together called?
What is organ system?
What cavity is located between the lungs and contains the heart?
A patient has an injury on the posterior, lateral aspect of the distal lower leg. Describe exactly where the injury is located in everyday language.
The injury is on the back and outer side of the leg, farther away from the knee and closer to the ankle.