What is Anatomy?
The study of the shape and structure of body parts and their relationships to one another
What is anatomical position?
What is used as a reference point to accurately describe body parts and position. The body is erect with feet parallel and arms hanging at the sides with palms facing forward.
Which divides the body into unequal right and left sides
What is Sagittal
Which of the following is the opposite of the dorsal cavity?
What is Ventral
What is the scientific study of how the body functions?
What is Physiology
What does the directional term Medial mean?
What is toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side of
Which directional term means toward or at the front of the body- the trachea is anterior to the spine
What is anterior
Which of the following statements is true?
What is The elbow is proximal to the wrist
Imaginary lines called ___________ are used to divide the body into sections.
What is planes
Which body planes divides the body into anterior and posterior
What is Frontal (coronal)
The axial division of the body consists of the...
What is head, neck, and trunk
Opposite terms for the directional terms for the body are
What is proximal and distal.
A frontal plane divides the body into __________________ portions.
What is anterior and posterior
Which body plane divides the body into EQUAL left and right sides
What is Midsaggittal
Which directional term means farther from the origin of the body part of point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
What is Distal
Which of the following are large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to all areas of the body?
What is arteries
The dorsal body cavity is divided into the _________________ cavities.
What is cranial and spinal
Which body plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts
What is Transverse (cross section)
The stomach is located in the __________ cavity.
What is abdominal
What carries blood to the heart?
What are veins