Exercise 1
1. Discuss how to protect yourself from body fluids, such as saliva and blood.
You would protect yourself from other body fluids by first only working with your own body fluid. Second never allow body fluid to touch your skin. Always wear gloves and glasses when working with body fluids. Always assume that body fluids can infect you with a disease. Clean up body fluid spills with a 10% bleach solution/water and wear gloves when cleaning.
2. Why should you consider a body fluid capable of infecting you with a disease?
You should always consider it because it’s a good safeguard to practice when you’re working in a clinical setting where you may be responsible for handling body fluids from the general population. …show more content…
Superficial: at, near or relatively close to the body
9. Superior: above
10. Dorsal: the back surface
11. Inferior: below
12. Deep: farther from the body surface
Use the correct terms to complete each sentence
1. The heart is surrounded by a small cavity call the pericardial cavity, which is inside a larger cavity, the mediastinum.
2. The abdominal cavity surrounds the digestive organs in the abdominal cavity.
3. The kidneys are proximal because they are superficial to the renal cortex.
4. The inner membrane surrounding a lung is the Visceral pleura
5. The brain is contained in a cavity called the cranial cavity.
6. A lubricating substance in body cavities is called serous fluid
7. The large medial area of the chest is called thoracic
8. The muscle that divides the ventral body cavity horizontally is the diaphragm
9. The outer layer of a serous membrane is the parietal layer
10. In the anatomical position the palms of the hands are forward
11. The index finger is
12. The trunk is superior to the pubis
13. Where it attaches to the elbow the brachium is proximal to the elbow
14. The buttock is dorsal to the pubis
15. The shoulders are distal to the hips
1. Describe the six main levels of organization in the