Overviewing Test 1

Honors Anatomy Test 1

Anatomy

The study of the structure of the body

Physiology

Study of how body structures function

Anatomical position

A position in which a person is standing upright, facing forward, with arms at the sides, palms facing forward, and feet flat on the ground (left and right of body refer to the person themselves, not the person looking at the body)

What is the anatomical position important

This is important because it creates a consistent system between doctors of explaining the condition of a person and allowed doctors to more easily discover what is wrong with a person

Sagittal (medial) plane

Frontal plane

Transverse plane

Cell

Basic structural and functional unit of all living things

Tissue

2 or more cells working together to preform a task

Organ

2 or more tissues working together to preform a task

Organ systems

2 or more different organs working together to preform a task

Organism

The created living thing

Upper right quadrant

Contains right lobe of the liver, gallbladder, parts of the pancreas, small and large intestines

Upper left quadrant

Contains left lobe of liver, spleen, stomach, and parts of pancreas, small and large intestines

Lower right quadrant

Part of small and large intestine, right of bladder, and right of ureter

Female; right, ovary, right fallopian, tube, and right side of uterus

Males; right side of reproductive organs

Lower left quadrant

Part of small and large intestine, left of bladder, and left of ureter

Females; left ovary, left fallopian tube and left side of uterus

Males; left side of reproductive organs