Anatomy & Physiology: General Anatomy and Skeletal Structure

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In a PA hand projection, which surface of the hand is in contact with the IR?

Posterior surface

Palmar surface (correct)

Dorsal surface

Anterior surface

Which plane divides the body into right and left parts?

Coronal plane

Oblique plane

Horizontal plane

Sagittal plane (correct)

What is the term used for the direction towards the head?

Caudad

Cephalad (correct)

Inferior

Superior

Which term refers to the back or posterior part of the body?

Dorsal Signup and view all the answers

What is another term for the anterior surface of the hand?

Palmar surface Signup and view all the answers

Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?

Coronal plane Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for the direction towards the feet?

Inferior Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to being situated nearer to the center of the body or point of attachment?

Proximal Signup and view all the answers

Which plane passes through the body at any angle or slant between the other three planes?

Oblique plane Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to being situated more towards the midline of the body?

Medial Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the projection above a condyle?

Epicondyle Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a club-shaped process?

Malleolus Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to a small, rounded, and elevated process?

Tubercle Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a hole in a bone for transmission of vessels and nerves?

Foramen Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes a shallow linear channel in bone?

Groove Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to the recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space in bone?

Sinus Signup and view all the answers

Which imaging term refers to the sharp process in anatomy?

Spine Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to the linear elevation which is not as prominent as a crest?

Line Signup and view all the answers

Which movement term describes the movement from the plantar surface to the dorsal surface?

Dorsiflexion Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the projection above a condyle?

Epicondyle Signup and view all the answers

What is the classification of the bones found in limbs?

Long bones Signup and view all the answers

Which bone classification consists mainly of cancellous bone with a thin layer of compact bone?

Short bones Signup and view all the answers

What is the peculiar shape of irregular bones?

Peculiarly shaped Signup and view all the answers

Where are sesamoid bones often located?

Near joints Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'radiographic positioning' refer to?

Positioning of patient for radiographic examination Signup and view all the answers

How many general steps are involved in a radiographic examination?

Five Signup and view all the answers

What is the name for the process of bone formation?

Ossification Signup and view all the answers

Which component is used to visualize specific body parts in a radiographic examination?

Image Receptor (IR) Signup and view all the answers

How many adult bones make up the axial skeleton?

80 Signup and view all the answers

Which type of bone consists of two plates of compact bone with cancellous bone and bone marrow between them?

Flat Bones Signup and view all the answers

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In a PA hand projection, which surface of the hand is in contact with the IR?

Which plane divides the body into right and left parts?

What is the term used for the direction towards the head?

Which term refers to the back or posterior part of the body?

What is another term for the anterior surface of the hand?

Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?

What is the term used for the direction towards the feet?

What term refers to being situated nearer to the center of the body or point of attachment?

Which plane passes through the body at any angle or slant between the other three planes?

Which term refers to being situated more towards the midline of the body?

Which term describes the projection above a condyle?

What is the term for a club-shaped process?

Which term refers to a small, rounded, and elevated process?

What is the term for a hole in a bone for transmission of vessels and nerves?

Which term describes a shallow linear channel in bone?

What term refers to the recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space in bone?

Which imaging term refers to the sharp process in anatomy?

What term refers to the linear elevation which is not as prominent as a crest?

Which movement term describes the movement from the plantar surface to the dorsal surface?

What is the term for the projection above a condyle?

What is the classification of the bones found in limbs?

Which bone classification consists mainly of cancellous bone with a thin layer of compact bone?

What is the peculiar shape of irregular bones?

Where are sesamoid bones often located?

What does the term 'radiographic positioning' refer to?

How many general steps are involved in a radiographic examination?

What is the name for the process of bone formation?

Which component is used to visualize specific body parts in a radiographic examination?

How many adult bones make up the axial skeleton?

Which type of bone consists of two plates of compact bone with cancellous bone and bone marrow between them?

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Questions and Answers

In a PA hand projection, which surface of the hand is in contact with the IR?

Which plane divides the body into right and left parts?

What is the term used for the direction towards the head?

Which term refers to the back or posterior part of the body?

What is another term for the anterior surface of the hand?

Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?

What is the term used for the direction towards the feet?

What term refers to being situated nearer to the center of the body or point of attachment?

Which plane passes through the body at any angle or slant between the other three planes?

Which term refers to being situated more towards the midline of the body?

Which term describes the projection above a condyle?

What is the term for a club-shaped process?

Which term refers to a small, rounded, and elevated process?

What is the term for a hole in a bone for transmission of vessels and nerves?

Which term describes a shallow linear channel in bone?

What term refers to the recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space in bone?

Which imaging term refers to the sharp process in anatomy?

What term refers to the linear elevation which is not as prominent as a crest?

Which movement term describes the movement from the plantar surface to the dorsal surface?

What is the term for the projection above a condyle?

What is the classification of the bones found in limbs?

Which bone classification consists mainly of cancellous bone with a thin layer of compact bone?

What is the peculiar shape of irregular bones?

Where are sesamoid bones often located?

What does the term 'radiographic positioning' refer to?

How many general steps are involved in a radiographic examination?

What is the name for the process of bone formation?

Which component is used to visualize specific body parts in a radiographic examination?

How many adult bones make up the axial skeleton?

Which type of bone consists of two plates of compact bone with cancellous bone and bone marrow between them?

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