Anatomy Homework 1

Embryology

Knowledge of this branch of anatomy helps one understand the complex design of the adult human body and helps to explain birth defects.

As a physician, you are evaluating a blood vessel abnormality in a 35-year-old male's brain. The technique which would be LEAST useful would be________.

PET scan

functional morphology

This branch of anatomy explores how organs and body structures work and assesses the efficiency of their design.

radiographic anatomy

This branch of anatomy studies internal body structures by means of MRI, sonography, and other imaging techniques.

Gross Anatomy

This is the study of body structures that can be examined with the naked eye-bones, lungs, and muscles for example.

Histology

This is the study of microscopic structures including cells, tissues, and microscopic details of organs.

surface anatomy

This is the study of shapes and landmarks that reveal underlying organs.

In which body cavity are the organs of this body system located? (kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, urethra)

abdominopelvic cavity

A "C-collar" is often placed around the neck of an accident victim by first responders to stabilize the neck until it can be evaluated in the emergency room. The "C" stands for__________.

cervical

If you wanted to see a section through both lungs at the same time, you could make a cut in the __________ or the __________ plane.

coronal, transverse

The right nostril and right ear are __________.

ipsilateral

The middle finger is __________ to the index finger.

medial

Which listed organ is included in both the reproductive system and the endocrine system?

ovaries

As a surgeon you have sent tissue to the lab for evaluation of the presence of cancer. You would send it to a____________

pathology lab

Part complete Patients with appendicitis often complain of abdominal pain in the right lower abdominopelvic quadrant. The appendix itself is in the__________.

right iliac region

You are the emergency room physician evaluating a patient with possible pneumonia-an infection of the lungs. The imaging test which will of LITTLE value would be _____________.

sonography