Laboratory Activity 1
Name: _______________________
Section/Block: _________________________ Date: __________
Body Plan
1. Look for a fruit or a vegetable found in your place that you can cut into half. You’ll be needing 3
pcs of the SAME fruit or vegetable (e.g. 3 pcs of bananas). Draw a face into the fruit or vegetable
as your marker for the anterior part of it. Cut the fruit or vegetable using the different planes.
Observe the structure. Draw/take a picture of the inner and outer structures for each plane.
Describe and differentiate the structures observed. Relate the result of this activity in relation to
the human body and how this concept will be useful in the medical field and to you as a future
Nurse. (15 points)
*Send the output for this activity via GDrive. Assign one student from the class who will create the
folder where all files will be compiled and share it to me. (Name of folder: LabActivity1_1C)
Surface Anatomy
2. Match each of the following descriptions with a key term, and record the term in front of the
description.
Key:
brachial
__________1. cheek
buccal
__________2. referring to the fingers
carpal
__________3. shoulder blade region
cervical
__________4. wrist area
deltoid
__________5. anterior aspect of knee
digital
__________6. referring to the arm
patellar
__________7. curve of shoulder
scapular
__________8. referring to the neck
Body Orientation, Direction, Planes, and Sections
3. Several incomplete statements are listed below. Correctly complete each statement by choosing
the appropriate anatomical term from the key. Record the key terms on the correspondingly
numbered blanks below.
Key: anterior
distal
frontal
inferior
lateral
medial
posterior
proximal
sagittal
superior
transverse
In the anatomical position, the umbilicus and knees are on the _1_ body surface; the
buttocks and shoulder blades are on the _2_ body surface; and the soles of the feet are the most
_3_ part of the body. The ears are _4_ and _5_ to the shoulders and _6_ to the nose. The
breastbone is _7_ to the vertebral column (spine) and _8_ to the shoulders. The elbow is _9_ to
the shoulder but _10_ to the fingers. The thoracic cavity is _11_ to the abdominopelvic cavity and
_12_ to the spinal cavity.
If an incision cuts the brain into superior and inferior parts, the section is a _13_ section;
but if the brain is cut so that anterior and posterior portions result, the section is a _14_ section.
You are told to cut a dissection animal along two planes so that the lungs are observable in both
sections. The two sections that meet this requirement are the _15_ and _16_ sections.
_______________1.
_______________2.
_______________3.
_______________4.
_______________5.
_______________6.
_______________7.
_______________8.
_______________9.
_______________10.
_______________11.
_______________12.
_______________13.
_______________14.
_______________15.
_______________16.
4. A nurse informs you that she is about to give you a shot in the lateral femoral region. What portion
of your body should you uncover?
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Body Cavities
5. Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following types of surgery? Insert the key
term(s) in the same-numbered blank. More than one choice may apply.
Key:
abdominopelvic
cranial
dorsal
spinal
thoracic
ventral
1. surgery to remove a cancerous lung lobe
2. removal of an ovary
3. surgery to remove a ruptured disk
4. appendectomy
5. removal of the gallbladder
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6. Correctly identify each of the described areas of the abdominal surface by inserting the
appropriate term in the answer blank preceding the description.
____________________1. overlies the lateral aspects of the lower ribs
____________________2. surrounds the “belly button”
____________________3. encompasses the pubic area
____________________4. medial region overlying the stomach
7. Which body cavity affords the least protection to its internal structures?
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