HLSC 120 ANATOMY UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

HLSC 120 ANATOMY UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Body organization levels - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Chemical - Cellular - Tissue - Organ - System -
Organism



Types of tissues - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Epithelial - Connective - Muscular - Nervous



Epithelial Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Covers body surfaces

Lines body cavities

Form glands

Avascular



Connective Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Connect body parts and organs

Provides immunity

Stores fat/energy

Vascular

ECM between

Elastic, reticular, collagen fibres



Muscular Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Attachment and movement and heat



Nervous Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Generates nerve impulses for internal communication



Anatomic Position - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Feet flat - head level/forward - palms forward



Planes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Lines used to divide body



Sagittal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Vertical line divides body into left and right

,Mid-sagittal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Divides body into EQUAL left and right (median)



Frontal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Divides body into front and back (coronal)



Transverse Plane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Divides body into inferior and superior



Superior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Higher



Inferior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Lower



Anterior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Front



Posterior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Back



Medial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Closer to midline



Lateral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Further from midline



Proximal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Closer to limb attachment to trunk



Distal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Further from limb attachment to trunk



Ipsilateral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Same side of midline



Contralateral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Opposite side of midline



Cephalic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Relation to head (cranial)

,Rostral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Relation to face/nose & mouth



Caudal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Relation to tail



Ventral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Relation to belly



Intermediate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Between two structures



Body Cavities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cranial - Vertebral - Thoracic - Abdominopelvic



Cranial Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Formed by cranial bones

Contains brain



Vertebral Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Formed by vertebral column

Contains spinal cord & beginnings of spinal nerves



Thoracic Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Chest cavity

Pleural & pericardial sacs, mediastinum



Pleural Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Space between layers or pleura surrounding lung



Pericardial Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Space between layers of pericardium surrounding heart



Mediastinum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Central between lungs

Sternum - Vertebral column

1st rib - diaphragm

, Abdominopelvic Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Split into abdomen and pelvis



Abdominal Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small intestine, most
of large intestine



Pelvic Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Bladder, internal reproductive organs, portions of large
intestine



Serous Membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Double membrane that covers viscera and lines
internal cavity walls



Parietal Layer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Layer of serous membrane that lines internal walls of
cavities



Visceral Layer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Covers & adheres to organs (viscera) in cavities



Peritoneum Membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Associated with abdominal cavity

Encloses visceral organs



Subcostal Line - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Top horizontal line inferior to rib cage



Transtubercular Line - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Bottom horizontal line inferior to tops of hip bones



Mediclavicular Line - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Top or bottom horizontal line dividing body into
abdominopelvic regions



Epigastric Region - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Right/left lobes of liver, stomach, gallbladder, transverse
colon