Human Anatomy Unit 1 - Terms

What is the study of anatomy primarily concerned with?

• Study of history

• Study of functions

• Study of diseases

• Study of structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What does physiology study?

• Disease causes

• Genetic makeup

• Body functions

• Cell structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which term is also known as histology?

• Gross anatomy

• Microscopic anatomy

• Molecular biology

• Cytology

What is the anatomical position characterized by?

• Lying down with palms facing backward

• Sitting with arms crossed and legs folded

• Standing on one foot with arms stretched above the head

• Standing upright with feet parallel and palms facing forward

What plane divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?

(a)  

The transverse plane divides the body into what?

• Anterior and posterior parts

• Left and right halves

• Equal left and right halves

• Superior and inferior parts

Which plane divides the body into unequal left and right halves?

(a)  

The midsagittal plane divides the body into what?

• anterior and posterior parts

• superior and inferior parts

• equal left and right halves

• unequal left and right halves

Label the following anatomical directions.

f

g

e

d

c

b

a

h

Medial

Proximal

Anterior

Posterior

Inferior

Superior

Lateral

Distal

Match the following.

• formed by the vertebral bones

• Head, neck, and trunk.

• Appendicular skeleton

• Vertebral cavity

• formed by the skull bones

• Upper and lower limbs.

• Axial skeleton

• Cranial cavity