Week 1: HW

Which type of anatomy examines the similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species?

Comparative

Cardiovascular System

Distributes hormones, nutrients, and gases; picks up waste products

Which region typically contains part of the liver, part of the stomach, the duodenum, part of the pancreas, and both adrenal glands?

Epigastric

Urinary System

Filters the blood; concentrates waste products

Which organ system is responsible for the initiation of the immune response?

Lymphatic System

In which branch of anatomy are individual cells or thin slices of some part of the body prepared for examination?

Microscopic anatomy

When the nose, pharynx, and trachea collaborate to clean, warm, humidify, and conduct air from the atmosphere to the gas exchange surfaces in the lungs, which level of organization is depicted?

Organ System level

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 _____ covers the surfaces of most digestive organs.

The _____ covers the surfaces of most digestive organs.

Which is an accurate description of the anatomic position?

The eyes look forward, and the head is level.

Which example of directional terms is correct?

The heart is medial to the lungs.

In the human body, epithelium is exemplified at which structural level of organization?

Tissue level

Visualizing the body in the ____________ position is significant because all observers have a common point of reference when describing and discussing its regions.

anatomical

Which is the simplest level of organization?

atom

The correct anatomical term for armpit is ______.

axillary

Mammary is to _____ as brachial is to arm.

breast

The anatomical term for hip is _____ while the anatomical term for wrist is _____.

coxal, carpal

Which anatomic directional term means "on the inside" or "underneath another structure"?

deep

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

false

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

medial

Structures that cannot be observed by the unaided eye are examined in microscopic _____ anatomy

microscopic

In which structural levels do different tissue types combine to form a functional structure?

organ

Different tissue types combine to form ______.

organs

The anatomical term for the palm of the hand is ______.

palmar

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 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 body cavity medial to the pleural cavities is the ______ cavity.

pericardial

The anatomical term for fingers or toes is

phlanges

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

proximal

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

spinal

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

Organs of the cranial cavity include ______.

the brain only

The mediastinum is ______.

the median space in the thoracic cavity.

A group of muscles cells performing a common function would be called a(n) ______.

tissue

Organizations of similar cells that perform specialized functions are ______.

tissues

Derived from Greek, the word anatomy means "______".

to cut apart

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

true

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

visceral

A special relationship exists between anatomy and ______ because structure and function cannot be completely separated.

physiology

The anatomical term for the central-most anterior region of the pelvis is ______.

pubic

The characteristic of living things called ____________says that organisms produce gametes that can come together to develop into a new living organism.

reproduction