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
