Body orientation, Direction, Planes, and sections
Quiz
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1. Describe completely the standard human anatomical
position.___________________________________________________________
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2. Compare and contrast a sagittal section to a frontal
section.___________________________________________________________
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3. Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate anatomical term from the
key. Record the key letters and or terms on the correspondingly numbered blanks
below.
Key: a. anterior
b. distal
c. frontal d. inferior e. lateral
f. medial
g. posterior h. proximal i. Sagittal j. superior k. transverse
In the anatomical position, the face and palms are on the (1) body surface;
the buttocks and shoulder blades are on the (2) body surface: and the top of the
head is on the (3) part of the body. The ears are (4) and (4) to the shoulders and
(5) to the nose. The heart is (6) to the vertebral column(spine) and (7) to the
lungs. The elbow is (8) to the fingers but (9) to the shoulder. The
abdominopelvic cavity is (10) to the thoracic cavity and (11) to the spinal cavity.
In humans, the dorsal surface can also be called the (12) surface; however, in
quadruped animals, the dorsal surface is the (13) surface. If an incision cuts the
heart into right and left parts, the section is a (14) section: but if the heart is cut so
that the superior and inferior portions result, the section is a (15) section. You are
told to cut a dissection animal along two planes so that the kidneys are observable
in both sections. The two sections that meet this requirement are the (16) and (17)
sections.
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