AAMI - Anatomy 1 Final Questions and
Answers
Scentific discipline that investigates the body's structure and relationship of its parts to
each other. - Question and answersAnatomy
Pathalogical Anatomy - Question and answersStudies structural changes both micro
and macroscopically in the body resulting from a disease
Pathalogical Anatomy AKA: - Question and answersMorbid Anatomy
Physiological Anatomy - Question and answersStudies how the body works or
Functions of living things
Physiological Anatomy AKA: - Question and answersPhysiology
Gross Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of structures without a microscope or
only with the unaided eye
Gross Anatomy AKA: - Question and answersMacro-Scopic Anatomy
Microscopic Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of a structure with a microscope
Subdivision of Microscopic Anatomy - Question and answersHistology - Study of Tissue
Cytology - Study of individual cell structure
Microscopic Anatomy sometimes used interchangeably as a term with - Question and
answersHistology
Systemic Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of the body by individual system
Regional Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of a particular body region
Describe Anatomical Position (5) - Question and answersStanding Erect
Facing Observer
Feet flat on the floor
,Upper extremities at sides
Palms facing Anteriorly
Prone - Question and answersAnterior Surface down / lying face up
Supine - Question and answersAnterior surface up / lying face down
Anterior - Question and answersAKA: Ventral
Closer to the front of the body
Posterior - Question and answersAKA: Dorsal
Closer to the back of the body
Medial - Question and answersToward the midline or mediam plane of the body
Lateral - Question and answersLocation away from the median plane
Superior - Question and answersToward head
Upper part of the body
Away from feet
Superior AKA: (3) - Question and answersCephalad
Cephalic
Cranial
Inferior - Question and answersLocated toward the tail end or the inferior end of the
body or away from the head
Inferior AKA: - Question and answersCaudal
Proximal literally means ______. - Question and answersNearest
Proximal - Question and answersLocated closer to the point of attachment of a limb to
the trunk of the body.
Closer to the point of origin.
Distal - Question and answersDistant, Located farther from the point of attachment to
trunk or further from the point of origin.
,Deep - Question and answersAway from the surface of the body or toward the inside of
the body
Superficial - Question and answersPertaining to something that is near or on the
surface of the body
Parietal - Question and answersrelates to or forming the outer wall of a body cavity
Visceral - Question and answersPertains to organs; or the covering of an organ
Internal - Question and answerswithin the body: pertaining to the inside of the body, the
opposite of external
External - Question and answersPertaining to the exterior; the opposite of internal
Peripheral - Question and answersLocated at, or pertaining to, the periphery, or outer
suface fo the body or body part
Occuring away from the center
Central - Question and answersSituated at or pertaining to a center or central point
Flexion - Question and answersMuscle action that decreases the angle at an
articulation
Extension - Question and answersMuscle action that increases the angle at an
articulation
Abduction - Question and answersMuscle action that moves extremity away from the
midline of the body
Adduction - Question and answersMuscle action that moves extremity toward the
midline of the body
Supination - Question and answersAct of rotating forearm so that palm faces superiorly
or anteriorly
Pronation - Question and answersAct of rotating forearm so that palm faces inferiorly or
posteriorly
SAS - Question and answersSupination, Anterior, Superior
PIP - Question and answersPronation, Inferior, Posterior
Name six planes in which the body can be divided - Question and answersSagittal
, Midsagittal
Parasagittal
Frontal
Horizontal
Oblique
Sagittal Plane - Question and answersVertical plane running through the body and
separates right and left with no distinction between equal and unequal.
Midsagittal Plane - Question and answersVertical plane that runs through the body
directly through the midline or center.
Divided into equal portions
Parasagittal Plane - Question and answersVertical plane that divides the structure into
unequal parts
Midsagittal Plane AKA: - Question and answersMedian Plane
Frontal Plane - Question and answersDivides the body or organ into anterior and
posterior portion
Frontal Plane AKA: - Question and answersCoronal Plane
Horizontal Plane - Question and answersRuns parallel to the ground and divides the
body into a superior or inferior portion.
Horizontal Plane AKA: - Question and answersTransverse Plane
Cross-Sectional Plane
Name the 5 body regions. - Question and answersHead
Neck or Cervical Region
Trunk or Torso
Upper Extremity or Limbs
Lower Extremity or Limbs
Answers
Scentific discipline that investigates the body's structure and relationship of its parts to
each other. - Question and answersAnatomy
Pathalogical Anatomy - Question and answersStudies structural changes both micro
and macroscopically in the body resulting from a disease
Pathalogical Anatomy AKA: - Question and answersMorbid Anatomy
Physiological Anatomy - Question and answersStudies how the body works or
Functions of living things
Physiological Anatomy AKA: - Question and answersPhysiology
Gross Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of structures without a microscope or
only with the unaided eye
Gross Anatomy AKA: - Question and answersMacro-Scopic Anatomy
Microscopic Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of a structure with a microscope
Subdivision of Microscopic Anatomy - Question and answersHistology - Study of Tissue
Cytology - Study of individual cell structure
Microscopic Anatomy sometimes used interchangeably as a term with - Question and
answersHistology
Systemic Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of the body by individual system
Regional Anatomy - Question and answersStudy of a particular body region
Describe Anatomical Position (5) - Question and answersStanding Erect
Facing Observer
Feet flat on the floor
,Upper extremities at sides
Palms facing Anteriorly
Prone - Question and answersAnterior Surface down / lying face up
Supine - Question and answersAnterior surface up / lying face down
Anterior - Question and answersAKA: Ventral
Closer to the front of the body
Posterior - Question and answersAKA: Dorsal
Closer to the back of the body
Medial - Question and answersToward the midline or mediam plane of the body
Lateral - Question and answersLocation away from the median plane
Superior - Question and answersToward head
Upper part of the body
Away from feet
Superior AKA: (3) - Question and answersCephalad
Cephalic
Cranial
Inferior - Question and answersLocated toward the tail end or the inferior end of the
body or away from the head
Inferior AKA: - Question and answersCaudal
Proximal literally means ______. - Question and answersNearest
Proximal - Question and answersLocated closer to the point of attachment of a limb to
the trunk of the body.
Closer to the point of origin.
Distal - Question and answersDistant, Located farther from the point of attachment to
trunk or further from the point of origin.
,Deep - Question and answersAway from the surface of the body or toward the inside of
the body
Superficial - Question and answersPertaining to something that is near or on the
surface of the body
Parietal - Question and answersrelates to or forming the outer wall of a body cavity
Visceral - Question and answersPertains to organs; or the covering of an organ
Internal - Question and answerswithin the body: pertaining to the inside of the body, the
opposite of external
External - Question and answersPertaining to the exterior; the opposite of internal
Peripheral - Question and answersLocated at, or pertaining to, the periphery, or outer
suface fo the body or body part
Occuring away from the center
Central - Question and answersSituated at or pertaining to a center or central point
Flexion - Question and answersMuscle action that decreases the angle at an
articulation
Extension - Question and answersMuscle action that increases the angle at an
articulation
Abduction - Question and answersMuscle action that moves extremity away from the
midline of the body
Adduction - Question and answersMuscle action that moves extremity toward the
midline of the body
Supination - Question and answersAct of rotating forearm so that palm faces superiorly
or anteriorly
Pronation - Question and answersAct of rotating forearm so that palm faces inferiorly or
posteriorly
SAS - Question and answersSupination, Anterior, Superior
PIP - Question and answersPronation, Inferior, Posterior
Name six planes in which the body can be divided - Question and answersSagittal
, Midsagittal
Parasagittal
Frontal
Horizontal
Oblique
Sagittal Plane - Question and answersVertical plane running through the body and
separates right and left with no distinction between equal and unequal.
Midsagittal Plane - Question and answersVertical plane that runs through the body
directly through the midline or center.
Divided into equal portions
Parasagittal Plane - Question and answersVertical plane that divides the structure into
unequal parts
Midsagittal Plane AKA: - Question and answersMedian Plane
Frontal Plane - Question and answersDivides the body or organ into anterior and
posterior portion
Frontal Plane AKA: - Question and answersCoronal Plane
Horizontal Plane - Question and answersRuns parallel to the ground and divides the
body into a superior or inferior portion.
Horizontal Plane AKA: - Question and answersTransverse Plane
Cross-Sectional Plane
Name the 5 body regions. - Question and answersHead
Neck or Cervical Region
Trunk or Torso
Upper Extremity or Limbs
Lower Extremity or Limbs
