AAMI - Anatomy 1 Final Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Scientific discipline that investigates the body's structure and relationship of its parts to each other. - Correct Answer Anatomy Pathalogical Anatomy - Correct Answer Studies structural changes both micro and macroscopically in the body resulting from a disease
Pathalogical Anatomy AKA: - Correct Answer Morbid Anatomy
Physiological Anatomy - Correct Answer Studies how the body works or Functions of living things
Physiological Anatomy AKA: - Correct Answer Physiology
Gross Anatomy - Correct Answer Study of structures without a microscope or only with the unaided eye
Gross Anatomy AKA: - Correct Answer Macro-Scopic Anatomy
Microscopic Anatomy - Correct Answer Study of a structure with a microscope Subdivision of Microscopic Anatomy - Correct Answer Histology - Study of Tissue Cytology - Study of individual cell structure Microscopic Anatomy sometimes used interchangeably as a term with - Correct Answer Histology Systemic Anatomy - Correct Answer Study of the body by individual system Regional Anatomy - Correct Answer Study of a particular body region Describe Anatomical Position (5) - Correct Answer Standing Erect 1 / 4
Facing Observer Feet flat on the floor Upper extremities at sides Palms facing Anteriorly Prone - Correct Answer Anterior Surface down / lying face up Supine - Correct Answer Anterior surface up / lying face down
Anterior - Correct Answer AKA: Ventral
Closer to the front of the body
Posterior - Correct Answer AKA: Dorsal
Closer to the back of the body Medial - Correct Answer Toward the midline or mediam plane of the body Lateral - Correct Answer Location away from the median plane Superior - Correct Answer Toward head Upper part of the body Away from feet 2 / 4
Superior AKA: (3) - Correct Answer Cephalad
Cephalic Cranial Inferior - Correct Answer Located toward the tail end or the inferior end of the body or away from the head
Inferior AKA: - Correct Answer Caudal
Proximal literally means ______. - Correct Answer Nearest Proximal - Correct Answer Located closer to the point of attachment of a limb to the trunk of the body.Closer to the point of origin.Distal - Correct Answer Distant, Located farther from the point of attachment to trunk or further from the point of origin.Deep - Correct Answer Away from the surface of the body or toward the inside of the body Superficial - Correct Answer Pertaining to something that is near or on the surface of the body Parietal - Correct Answer relates to or forming the outer wall of a body cavity Visceral - Correct Answer Pertains to organs; or the covering of an organ Internal - Correct Answer within the body: pertaining to the inside of the body, the opposite of external 3 / 4
External - Correct Answer Pertaining to the exterior; the opposite of internal Peripheral - Correct Answer Located at, or pertaining to, the periphery, or outer suface fo the body or body part Occuring away from the center Central - Correct Answer Situated at or pertaining to a center or central point Flexion - Correct Answer Muscle action that decreases the angle at an articulation Extension - Correct Answer Muscle action that increases the angle at an articulation Abduction - Correct Answer Muscle action that moves extremity away from the midline of the body Adduction - Correct Answer Muscle action that moves extremity toward the midline of the body Supination - Correct Answer Act of rotating forearm so that palm faces superiorly or anteriorly Pronation - Correct Answer Act of rotating forearm so that palm faces inferiorly or posteriorly SAS - Correct Answer Supination, Anterior, Superior PIP - Correct Answer Pronation, Inferior, Posterior Name six planes in which the body can be divided - Correct Answer Sagittal Midsagittal Parasagittal
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