Anatomy Unit 1&2 Lab
anterior and posterior region
Abdominal Cephalic Cervical Dorsal Gluteal Inguinal Lumbar Manual Occipital Palmar Pedal Pelvic Plantar Popliteal Pubic Sacral Sural Sternal Thoracic Vertebral
regions of the upper limb
Acromial Antebrachial Antecubital Axillary Brachial Carpal Digital Metacarpal Pollex
regions of the head a face
Buccal Cranial Frontal Mental Nasal Ocular Oral Otic
rotating nosepiece
Connects the objective lenses to the head and allows different objective lenses to be moved into place.
Regions of the lower and anterior view
Coxal Crural Digital Femoral Hallux Metatarsal Patellar Tarsal
lateral
Farther away from the midline of the body or a body part; on the outer side of ex. the shoulder is lateral to the chest
deep
Farther below the surface ex. bone is deep to the skin
mechanical stage
Flat, horizontal shelf onto which the slide is placed and typically secured with a spring clamp. Two control knobs can be used to move the stage to position the slide.
ocular lense
Lens(es) located within the eyepieces. Monocular microscopes have one ocular lens, whereas bin-ocular microscopes have two ocular lenses. Ocu-lar lenses typically magnify an object 10 times.
iris diaphragm
Located beneath the condenser. Regulates the amount of light that passes through the condenser
substage light
Located in the base. Provides the light that passes through the condenser, the specimen, the lenses, and finally into your eyes. A light control knob lo-cated on the base or the arm controls the bright-ness of the light.
focus knobs
Located on the arm of the microscope just above the base. The larger coarse adjustment knob moves the stage up and down in large increments and is used to find the specimen and for initial focusing; the smaller fine adjustment knob is used for fine focusing after coarse focusing has been completed.
objective lense
Magnifying lenses mounted on a rotating nose-piece. Most microscopes have four objective lenses: scanning (4×), low-power (10×), high-power (40×), and oil-immersion (100×) lenses.
condensor
Small lens located under the stage that con-centrates light onto the specimen. A condenser adjustment knob is used to raise and lower the condenser. The condenser should usually be in its uppermost position, just below the aperture (the hole in the stage through which light travels).
base
The broad, flat, lower part of the microscope that supports the rest of the instrument.
head
The upper part of the microscope that supports the ocular lens(es) and the various objective lenses.
arm
The vertical part of the microscope that connects the head to the base.
medial
closer to the midline of the body or a body part; on the inner side of ex. The ear is medial to the shoulder.
Proximal
closer to the point of origin ex. the knee is proximal to the ankle
superficial
closer to the surface ex. the skin is superficial to the muscle
midsagittal (median) plane
divides the body into equal right and left parts;
parasagittal plane
divides the body into unequal right and left parts.
distal
farther away from the point of origin ex. the foot is distal to the hip
frontal (coronal) plane
is a section made parallel to the body's longitudinal axis; it divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.
sagittal plane
is a section made parallel to the body's longitudinal axis; it divides the body into right and left parts.
transverse plane
is a section made perpendicular to the body's longitudinal axis; it divides the body into superior and inferior parts.
Posterior
toward the back ex. the spinal cord is posterior to the esophagus
anterior
toward the front ex. the palms are on the anterior part of the body
superior (cranial)
toward the head ex. the nose is superior to the mouth
inferior
toward the tail ex. the nose is inferior to the forehead