General Veterinary Macroscopic Anatomy: Introduction

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What is the study of structures that can be dissected and observed with the unaided eye or with a hand lens?

  • Microscopic anatomy
  • Topographic anatomy
  • Gross anatomy (correct)
  • Ultrastructural anatomy

Which type of anatomy involves the study of structures too small to be seen without a microscope?

  • Topographic anatomy
  • Microscopic anatomy (correct)
  • Ultrastructural anatomy
  • Applied anatomy

What is the study of disease or deviations from the normal?

  • Developmental anatomy
  • Teratology
  • Embryology
  • Morbid anatomy (pathology) (correct)

Which division of systematic approach in anatomy describes bones and cartilages, whose principal functions are support and protection of soft structures?

<p>Osteology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of development from the zygote to adult?

<p>Developmental anatomy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of anatomy involves the practical application of knowledge in anatomy in the diagnosis and treatment of pathological or surgical conditions?

<p>Applied anatomy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the organs of circulation?

<p>Angiology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which plane divides the body into cranial and caudal parts?

<p>Transverse plane (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What directional term refers to 'towards the belly'?

<p>Ventral (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which plane is a plane perpendicular to both median and transverse planes, dividing the body into dorsal and ventral portions?

<p>Frontal (Dorsal) plane (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'palmar' refer to?

<p>The surface below the proximal ends of the carpus directed caudally or towards the ground (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to 'a part on the head closer to the nose'?

<p>Rostral (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is described as 'the description of muscles and accessory structures that function to put bones and joints into useful motion'?

<p>Myology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'the description of the nervous system whose function is to control and coordinate all the organs and structures'?

<p>Neurology (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of structures in even greater detail with an electron microscope?

<p>Ultrastructural anatomy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which division of systematic approach in anatomy involves the description of joints, whose functions are to make the rigid segments of bones?

<p>Syndesmology (Arthrology) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the development of the individual from the fertilized oocyte to birth?

<p>Embryology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to 'a part on the head closer to the nose'?

<p>Rostral (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is described as 'the description of muscles and accessory structures that function to put bones and joints into useful motion'?

<p>Myology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of anatomy involves the practical application of knowledge in anatomy in the diagnosis and treatment of pathological or surgical conditions?

<p>Applied anatomy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of organs of circulation called?

<p>Angiology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to 'towards the belly'?

<p>Ventral (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'palmar' refer to?

<p>Surface below the proximal ends of the carpus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which plane is a plane perpendicular to both median and transverse planes?

<p>Frontal plane (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is described as 'the description of muscles and accessory structures that function to put bones and joints into useful motion'?

<p>Myology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to 'a part on the head closer to the nose'?

<p>Rostral (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which division of systematic approach in anatomy describes bones and cartilages, whose principal functions are support and protection of soft structures?

<p>Osteology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Caudal' (L. cauda, tail) refers to movement towards which part of the body?

<p>'Towards the tail' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Dorsal' refers to which direction or position relative to the animal body or its parts?

<p>'Away from the ground (NEAR THE BACK)' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Myology' focuses on which specific anatomical description?

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