Anatomy and Biology Basics

Question 1

Posterior is...

Accepted Answer

toward the back, the heels are posterior to the toes

Question 2

What are the 3 types of body planes?

Accepted Answer

midsagittal, coronal, and transverse

Question 3

What type of skeleton is the highlighted areas?

Accepted Answer

axial

Question 4

What does transverse divide?

Accepted Answer

upper and lower

Question 5

Superficial means...

Accepted Answer

skin is superficial to the muscles, on the surface or near the surface

Question 6

What are the 2 basic regions of the body?

Accepted Answer

axial and appendicular

Question 7

Medial means...

Accepted Answer

the nose is medial to the eyes, toward the mid-line

Question 8

how many regions is the abdomen divided?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 9

What does the midsagittal divide?

Accepted Answer

left and right sides

Question 10

Distal means...

Accepted Answer

the elbow is distal to the shoulder, away from the trunk of the body

Question 11

Directional Terms of the Body: Superior

Accepted Answer

cranial, toward the head, the head is superior to the neck

Question 12

Anterior is...

Accepted Answer

toes are anterior to the heels, toward the front

Question 13

Lateral means....

Accepted Answer

the eyes are lateral to the nose, away from the midline

Question 14

What type of skeleton is highlighted?

Accepted Answer

appendicular

Question 15

What is anatomical position?

Accepted Answer

body standing erect, forward, feet together and parallel

Question 16

What does the coronal plane divide?

Accepted Answer

front and back

Question 17

Deep (internal) means...

Accepted Answer

farther from the surface of the body, the heart is deeper than the ribs

Question 18

What does the Anterior trunk consist of?

Accepted Answer

inguinal, abdominal, pelvic, pectoral

Question 19

Inferior means...

Accepted Answer

away from the head, toward the feet, the neck is inferior to the head

Question 20

Proximal means...

Accepted Answer

toward trunk of body, the shoulder is proximal to the elbow

Questions 20