Anatomy and Physiology

a patient has verbalized that he has pain in his backside. As a nurse where is the anatomical position of the pain?

• visceral

• posterior

• anterior

Answer explanation

posterior is the anatomical position of the backside, it is also called the dorsal part of the body

a patient is experiencing itchiness in his pectoral area, which is the anatomical area of her itchiness

• femoral

• ventral

• caudal

• cranial

Answer explanation

The ventral position is the front part of the body, it is also known as the anterior part of the body where the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity can be found

Kyan hit his head pretty roughly when he fell down on his way to the kitchen, which body region is the most at risk for health problems?

• cranial

• cephalic

• caudal

• plantar

• femoral

Answer explanation

when the head has been hit, the cranial, facial, and cephalic positions of his head are at risk for injuries, cephalic pertains to the head, and facial pertains to the face while cranial pertains to the part of the head containing the brain

what does the suffix "peri" mean?

• around

• under

• on the side

• middle

Answer explanation

the suffix "peri" means around in medical terminologies

what does cardi mean in the medical terminologies

• lungs

• heart

• kidney

• brain

Answer explanation

Cardi is a suffix that means heart

what does the suffix "ana" and "tomy" mean?

• "apart" and "to cut"

• "mix" and "mash"

• "center" and "cut"

• "apart" and "nature"

Answer explanation

these two affixes make up the word anatomy which is the study of the different structures and parts of the body, the word is made up of the prefix "ana" which means apart and the suffix "tomy" which means to cut

pertains to the wall of a body cavity

• parietal

• visceral

• pleura

• meninges

the posterior surface of the elbow joint

• olecranal

• patellar

• popliteal

• antebrachium

• antecubital

the anterior surface of the elbow joint

• olecranal

• patellar

• popliteal

• antebrachium

• antecubital

the anterior surface of the knee joint

• olecranal

• patellar

• popliteal

• antebrachium

• antecubital