What is the term used to describe the study of the structural basis of body function?
Anatomy
What is the term used to describe the study of the functional relevance of a structure?
Physiology
What is the term used to describe the functional reasons behind the structure?
Functional morphology
Which type of anatomical science are we focused on?
Systemic anatomy
What type of anatomical science breaks the body up into body systems?
Systemic anatomy
What is the microscopic analysis of diseased tissue called?
Histopathology
What is the study of the structure and function of individual cells called?
Cytology
What method of study looks at surface appearance?
Inspection
What method of study feels a structure?
Palpation
What method of study listens to normal sounds?
Auscultation
What method of study taps and listens?
Percussion
What method of study cuts and separates tissues?
Dissection
What is the branch of medicine concerned with imaging?
Radiology
What two things can radiology be?
Invasive and non-invasive
What type of radiology inserts into the body?
Invasive
What type of radiology does not penetrate the body?
Non-invasive
What type of radiology is used for visualizing hollow organs and blood vessels?
Radiography
Name a type of radiography.
X-ray
What type of radiography is used for visualizing hollow organs?
Contrast medium
What type of radiography is used for looking at blood vessels?
Angiography
What type of radiology uses cross-section X-rays, is good at looking at bones, and is fast?
CT scan
What does CT stand for?
Computed tomography
What is the modified CT scanner that produces 3D video images to show motion and volume changes?
Dynamic spatial reconstructor
What type of radiology visualizes soft tissue, is slower, and is not great if you have metal in your body?
MRI
What does MRI stand for?
Magnetic resonance imaging
What type of MRI uses functional moment-to-moment changes?
fMRI
What type of radiology uses gamma ray detection and nuclear medicine to look for cancer and infection?
PET scan
What does PET stand for?
Positron emission tomography
What type of radiology uses reflection of ultrasound waves?
Sonography
What type of sonography is used for obstetrics?
Sonogram
What type of sonography is used for the beating heart?
Echocardiography
What term describes normal arrangement of organs?
Situs solitus
What term describes reversed position of organs?
Situs inversus
What term describes one organ atypically positioned?
Situs perversus
Name the 8 levels of human structure.
Organism, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells, organelles, molecules, and atoms
What anatomical plane describes right/left portions?
Sagittal
What anatomical plane describes equal halves?
Medial
What anatomical plain describes unequal portions?
Parasagittal
What anatomical plane describes anterior/posterior portions?
Frontal (coronal) plane
What anatomical plane describes superior/inferior portions?
Transverse (horizontal) plane
Why are directional terms so important?
Communication
What term describes toward the front of the body?
Anterior
What term describes toward the back of the body?
Posterior
What term describes toward the anterior side?
Ventral
What term describes toward the posterior side?
Dorsal
What term describes above?
Superior
What term describes below?
Inferior
What term describes toward the forehead or nose?
Rostral
What term describes toward the tail or inferior end
Caudal
What term describes toward the midline of the body?
Medial
What term describes away from the midline of body?
Lateral
What term describes closer to the point of attachment or origin (extremities)?
Proximal
What term describes farther from the point of attachment or origin (extremities)?
Distal
What term describes on the same side of the body (right/left)?
Ipsilateral
What term describes on opposite sides of the body (right/left)?
Contralateral
What term describes closer to the body surface?
Superficial
What term describes farther from the body surface?
Deep
What body region is along the midline attached to the trunk and contains the head, neck, and trunk?
Axial region
What two regions make up the trunk?
Abdominal and thoracic
What two ways can the abdominal region be split up?
Four quadrants or nine regions
What major body region makes up the extremities?
Appendicular region
What body part does the brachial region describe?
Arm
What body part does the antebrachial region describe?
Forearm
What body part does the carpal region describe?
Wrist
What body part does the manual region describe?
Hand
What body part does the digits describe?
Fingers/toes
What body part does the femoral region describe?
Thigh
What body part does the crural region describe?
Leg
What body part does the tarsal region describe?
Ankle
What body part does the pedal region describe?
Foot
Name the quadrant in green.
Right upper quadrant
Name the quadrant in yellow.
Left upper quadrant
Name the quadrant in pink.
Right lower quadrant
Name the quadrant in blue.
Left lower quadrant
Name the region in green.
Hypochondriac region
Name the region in yellow.
Epigastric region
Name the region in pink.
Umbilical region
Name the region in blue.
Lumbar region
Name the region in gray.
Inguinal region
Name the region in orange.
Hypogastric region
What cavity is enclosed by braincase and contains the brain?
Cranial cavity
What cavity is enclosed by backbone and contains spinal cord?
Vertebral cavity
What cavity is in blue?
Thoracic cavity
What cavity is in pink?
Abdominal cavity
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