Introduction, Planes, Cavities

What is the study of the structure of body parts and their relationships to one another?

Embryology

Physiology

Anatomy (correct)

Microbiology

What is the study of the function of the body's structural machinery?

Microscopic Anatomy

Gross Anatomy

Developmental Anatomy

Physiology (correct)

What is the study of internal structures as they relate to the overlying skin?

Surface Anatomy (correct)

Systemic Anatomy

Cytology

Regional Anatomy

What is the study of the cell?

Cytology Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of structural changes caused by disease?

Pathological Anatomy Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of anatomical structures at a sub-cellular level?

Molecular Biology Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of developmental changes of the body before birth?

Embryology Signup and view all the answers

What is the level of structural organization that consists of different types of cells?

Tissue Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ability to maintain a relatively stable internal environment in an ever-changing outside world?

Homeostasis Signup and view all the answers

What direction is away from the head?

Inferior Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a disturbance of homeostasis or the body's normal equilibrium?

Imbalance Signup and view all the answers

What direction is toward the front of the body?

Anterior Signup and view all the answers

What is the level of structural organization that consists of different types of tissues?

Organ Signup and view all the answers

What direction is away from the body surface?

Deep Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the region of the body that includes the head, neck, and trunk?

Axial Signup and view all the answers

What type of section divides the body into superior and inferior parts?

Transverse Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of anatomical structures match textbook descriptions?

90% Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the dorsal cavity?

To protect the nervous system Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the subdivision of the dorsal cavity that encases the spinal cord?

Vertebral cavity Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the subdivision of the ventral cavity that houses the abdominal organs?

Abdominopelvic cavity Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the plane that divides the body into right and left parts?

Sagittal Signup and view all the answers

What is the thoracic cavity subdivided into?

Pleural cavities, mediastinum, and pericardial cavity Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the mediastinum?

Contains the pericardial cavity and surrounds the remaining thoracic organs Signup and view all the answers

What is the structure that separates the abdominopelvic cavity from the thoracic cavity?

Diaphragm Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the pericardial cavity?

Encloses the heart Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the serous fluid?

To separate the serosae Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a subdivision of the ventral body cavity?

Oral cavity Signup and view all the answers

What is the region that contains the stomach, intestines, spleen, liver, and other organs?

Abdominal cavity Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the parietal serosa?

To line the internal body walls Signup and view all the answers