Anatomy and Physiology - Chapter 1 HW Study

Organs of the cranial cavity include ______.

brain only

A patient is bleeding into the space between the visceral and parietal serous membranes surrounding his left lung. What is this space called?

pleural cavity

The serous membrane designated by the arrow in the figure is the ______.

visceral peritoneum

Which directional term means "toward the front surface"? caudal anterior dorsal proximal

Anterior

Which is an accurate description of the anatomic position? The eyes look forward, and the head is level. The individual is lying on his/her back. The arms are positioned so that the thumbs point toward the body. The arms are at either side of the body with the palms facing rearward.

The eyes look forward, and the head is level.

Which example of directional terms is correct? The fingers are proximal to the wrist. The lungs are lateral to the shoulders. The heart is medial to the lungs. The elbow is distal to the hand.

The heart is medial to the lungs.

In the human body, epithelium is exemplified at which structural level of organization? Organ level Cellular level Tissue level Chemical level

Tissue Level

Which directional term means "toward the front surface"?

anterior

The correct anatomic directional term for "at the rear or tail end" is ______.

caudal

The visceral pleura _____.

covers the external surface of the lungs.

The correct anatomic directional term for "at the head end" is ______.

cranial

The posterior aspect of the axial region of the body contains which body cavities?

cranial cavity and vertebral canal

The correct anatomic directional term for "at the back side of the human body" is ______.

dorsal

True or false: The nose is lateral to the eyes.

false

The abdomen is ______ to the head

inferior

The correct anatomic directional term meaning "toward the midline of the body" is ______.

medial

Which anatomic plane extends through the body vertically and divides structures into right and left portions? It is often used to show internal body parts, especially in the head and thoracic organs.

midsagittal plane

The ____ level is the highest structural level of organization in the human body.

organismal, organism, or body

A surgeon is about to access the heart by cutting through the serous membranes. Which one will he cut first?

parietal pericardium

The serous membrane forming the outermost layer of the sac that surrounds the heart is the ______.

parietal pericardium

The _____ lines the internal walls of the abdominopelvic cavity.

parietal peritoneum

The _____ lines the internal surface of the thoracic wall.

parietal pleura

Regarding the serous membranes of the ventral cavity, a ______ layer lines the internal surface of the body wall, while a ______ layer covers the external surface of organs.

parietal, visceral

The vertebral column is ______ to the heart.

posterior

Which anatomic directional term means "closest to the point of attachment to the trunk"?

proximal

The correct anatomic directional term meaning "toward the nose" is ______.

rostral

Which anatomic directional term means "on the outside"?

superficial

The correct anatomic directional term for "closer to the head" is ______.

superior

The nose is ______ to the mouth.

superior

True or false: The wrist is distal to the elbow.

true

The correct anatomic directional term for "at the belly side of the human body" is ______.

ventral

The ........ canal contains the spinal cord

vertebral/spinal

Serous membranes form two layers: a layer ____ and a parietal layer.

visceral

The _____ covers the surfaces of most digestive organs.

visceral peritoneum