A&P - Chapter 2

Umbilical

Abdominal region containing the navel (umbilicus, belly button)

Body cavity inferior to the diaphragm

Abdominopelvic

The gluteal could be?

An injection site

Forearm

Antebrachium

An area used to draw blood:

Antecubital

What terms refers to the area anterior to the elbow, marked by a slight depression?

Antecubital

What is another term for ventral?

Anterior

The axillary region can be used to take temperature. Where is it?

Armpit

Deep

Away from the body's surface

Lateral

Away from the midline

Distal

Away from the point of origin

A patient recently diagnosed with breast cancer is scheduled for a lymph node biopsy to check for cancer spread to the nearby lymoh nodes. Which part of the body will be checked first?

Axillary

Can be used to take temperature here:

Axillary

Where is the umbilical region?

Between the lumbar regions

____ is the highest density on an x-rays.

Bone

Where blood pressure is taken:

Brachial

Dorsal cavity contains:

Brain and spinal cord

Where is central cyanosis checked for?

Buccal

To view the exact location of a tumor on 3-D, a(n) __ ____ is the best technique.

CT scan

Wrist

Carpal

Inferior

Caudal

Superior

Cephalic

Neck

Cevical

The common name for the buccal region is the _______.

Cheek

A young girl falls head first down the basement steps. She has a severe laceration of her buccal region. The PA and the ED put the stitches in her _______.

Cheeks

The dorsal cavity consist of which two cavities?

Cranial and Spinal

Finger or toe region

Digital

Far from origin

Distal

If the uterus is the point of origin and the vagina extends away from it, in clinical terms, the vagina is _______ to the uterus.

Distal

In reference to the antebrachium, where is the hand?

Distal

The opposite of ventral is ________.

Dorsal

When a person is lying in his back with knees flexed and feet flat on the exam table, that is said to be the ______ _______ position.

Dorsal recumbent

Medial to both the right and left hypochondriac regions is the ________ region.

Epigastric

Supine

Face up

Prone

Facedown

Thigh

Femoral

The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections is called the ________ ______ plane.

Frontal Coronal

Buttocks

Gluteal

A patient presents at the emergency department with a gunshot wound to her mediastinum. She is bleeding profusely. What major organ is probably damaged?

Heart

Mediastinum cavity contains:

Heart and esophagus

The thoracic cavity contains what organs?

Heart, lungs, and esophagus

The inguinal region is also called the _____ region.

Iliac

In reference to the nose, where is the mouth?

Inferior

The spleen is found on which abdominal quadrant?

Left upper

After a car accident, Gina complains of upper right quadrant abdominal pain. An MRI reveals internal bleeding caused by a lacerated _____. She is taken immediately to surgery.

Liver

A patient has an injury to his lumbar vertebrae. Where is the injury?

Lower back

Lower back

Lumbar

Pleural cavity contains:

Lungs

What structures are contained in the pleural cavities?

Lungs

Thoracic cavity contains:

Lungs, heart, and esophagus

Femoral

Major artery that carries blood to the upper leg (THIGH)

In reference to the pleural cavities, the mediastinum is ______.

Medial

A slice through the human body that parallels the long axis and extends from front to back, dividing the body into left and right halves, is called the:

Median Plane

Buccal refers to what?

Mouth

Where are spray medications given?

Nasal

If a patient hits the back of his head, he may have injured his ________ region.

Occipital

What is the back of the head called?

Occipital region

Mouth

Oral

Eye area

Orbital

A cracked kneecap is a fractured _______.

Patella

A place where tendon reflex is checked:

Patellar

In medicine, "left" and "right" refer to the _______ patient's (whose?) "left" and "right."

Patient's

Foot

Pedal

The female reproductive organs are located is a specific cavity called the ______ cavity.

Pelvic

Thoracic

Pertaining to the chest

Patellar

Pertaining to the knee cap

Cervical

Pertaining to the region of the neck

Axillary

Pertains to the area of the armpit

Warts here can be painful:

Plantar

In the thorax, the only cavities that are paired are called the ______ (lungs) cavities.

Pleural

Brown fat can accumulate in various parts of the body, including behind the knees. What is the clinical name of this area?

Popliteal region

In reference to the antebrachium, the brachium is -------.

Proximal

Which is nearest to the point of origin?

Proximal

The _____ test actually assesses for appendicitis by applying resistant force to a raised leg.

Psoas

A favorite place for body lice:

Pubic

Plantar

Referring to the sole of the foot

Where are the kidneys?

Right and left upper quadrants

Above the right inguinal region and below the right hypochondria region is the ______ ______ region.

Right lumbar

Carpal

Small bones of the wrist joint

Many people who stand for long periods of time suffer pain to plantar fasciitis. Where is their pain?

Sole of foot

Left hypochondriac

Spleen region

Breatbone

Sternal

A wound near the surface is:

Superficial

When referring to "towards the head," the correct term is:

Superior

Antebrachial

The area of the forearm

What structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity?

The diaphragm

Which is not part of the dorsal cavity? (the oral cavity, the vertebrae, the cranium, or all of the above)

The oral cavity

The mediastinum is a subdivision of which cavity?

Thoracic

You can listen for heart sounds here:

Thoracic

Medial

Toward midline

Proximal

Toward the point of origin

Superficial

Toward the surface

The plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections is call the __________ plane.

Transverse

Which plane divides the body and its parts into superior and inferior portions?

Transverse

_______ ______ is an imaging technique the uses sound waves to take real-time images of the body.

Ultra sound

Pelvic cavity contains:

Urinary

Carpal tunnel syndrome is due to inflammation of a nerve in what part of the body?

Wrist

To see a broken bone, the doctor would take a(n) ______?

X-ray

Below the umbilical region is an area known as the ___________ region.

hypogastric

Ventral cavity contains:

lungs, liver, and uterus