Anatomical Terms & Directions
This term describes a body part located farther from the point of attachment to the trunk
What is distal?
This body plane divides the body into left and right portions
What is sagittal?
This is the number of types of tissues that exist in the human body.
What is four (4)?
What is the hypodermis?
The number of bones in the skeletal system is _________, and there are over ____________ muscles in the muscular system.
What are 206 and 600?
These two terms refer to the front of the body
What are anterior & ventral?
These two body cavities house the brain.
What are the dorsal cavity and the cranial cavity?
This type of tissue is responsible for covering and lining body surfaces and has cells that occur in three distinct shapes
What is epithelial tissue?
"Come Let's Get Sun Burned" is a mnemonic device to help students remember the order of the layers of what structure?
What is the epidermis?
The only type of muscle tissue that allows voluntary movement to occur.
What is skeletal muscle tissue?
The umbilical region is ______________ to the pectoral region.
This structure separates the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity
What is the diaphragm?
Name at least four of the six types of connective tissue.
What are loose, dense, adipose, cartilage, blood, and bone?
This substance is produced by the epidermis to protect the human body from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
What is melanin?
This bone bears the majority of the weight when standing and is commonly referred to as the shin bone.
What is the tibia?
There are four common locations used to measure temperature. Use anatomical terms to describe three out of four of these locations.
What are frontal, oral, otic, axillary, or rectal?
These two names can be used to identify the plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections
What are frontal and coronal?
These cells within nervous tissue are responsible for providing support to nerve cells.
What are neuroglial cells?
This is the name of the muscle that causes hair to stand on end in response to cold or strong emotions.
What is the arrector pili muscle?
This joint allows for the greatest range of movement in the human body, including flexion, extension, abduction, and rotation
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
A patient presents with pain localized near the lower spine, extending towards the tailbone area. Which directional term would be most accurate to describe this location relative to the rest of the body?
What is caudal?
A surgeon is preparing to perform an abdominal surgery and needs to make an incision, separating the superior and inferior portions. This type of incision is commonly made during procedures such as C-sections or exploratory laparotomies. Which body plane is the incision being made along?
What is the transverse body plane?
This specific type of white, glass-like cartilage is found at the ends of long bones and forms the costal cartilage of the ribs
What is hyaline cartilage?
A patient suffers a deep laceration on their forearm, and upon examination, the wound is causing significant bleeding and sensitivity to touch. Which two structures in this layer of the skin have been affected to produce these symptoms?
What are the capillaries and neurons?
An athlete comes in with a leg injury after a cycling accident. The doctor explains that the quadriceps muscles responsible for extending the knee—specifically the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, rectus femoris, and vastus intermedius—are all connected to the bone that is critical for supporting the body's weight during activities like running and jumping. Which bone is the doctor referring to?"
What is the femur?