An Overview of Anatomy
An Overview of Anatomy
Exercise 1: Anatomical Position
QUESTION:
A. Explain why it is important to have a universally accepted anatomical position when studying the structure of humans.
Having a universally accepted anatomical positional is important to avoid confusion. It creates a reference point so that no matter language or background of different people, they can still communicate efficiently.
Exercise 2: Surface Anatomy
A. Review Figure 3. Complete the table by placing each letter from the figure next to its corresponding body landmark.
Body Landmark|Letter|
Sural|K|
Popliteal|| D
Tarsal|E|
Calcaneal|L|
Brachial|F|
Cranial|A|
Acromial|H|
Buccal|| B
Axillary|C|
Olecrenal|I|
Occipital|G|
Lumbar|J|
B. Mr. Shmelgenbelcher has had a rough day. He woke up with a pain in his cervical region. He fell off his bike and bruised his crural region. He pulled a muscle in his inguinal region and was whacked by a revolving door in his scapular region. Describe where each of these areas of the body is located on poor Mr. Shmelgenbelcher.
The cervical region is his neck. The crural region is on the leg, between the knee cap and the ankle. He pulled a muscle in the inguinal region, which is the groin. He was whacked by a revolving door in his shoulder blade area, which is the scapular region.
Exercise 3: Body Orientation
A. Using the directional terms you learned in Exercise 3, fill in the following blanks
a. The nose is ___medial________ to the ears.
b. The elbow is __distal__to the shoulder and _proximal__to the wrist.
c. The heart is ventral__ to the spine.
d. The stomach is inferior to the ribs.
e. The pinky finger is __medial____ to the thumb.
f. Muscles are superficial_ to your skeleton.
g. The mouth is inferior__ and ventral_ to the ears.
h. The brain is superior___ to the spinal cord.
QUESTION:
A. Which of the following organs would not be visible if you cut the body in a mid-sagittal
Exercise 1: Anatomical Position
QUESTION:
A. Explain why it is important to have a universally accepted anatomical position when studying the structure of humans.
Having a universally accepted anatomical positional is important to avoid confusion. It creates a reference point so that no matter language or background of different people, they can still communicate efficiently.
Exercise 2: Surface Anatomy
A. Review Figure 3. Complete the table by placing each letter from the figure next to its corresponding body landmark.
Body Landmark|Letter|
Sural|K|
Popliteal|| D
Tarsal|E|
Calcaneal|L|
Brachial|F|
Cranial|A|
Acromial|H|
Buccal|| B
Axillary|C|
Olecrenal|I|
Occipital|G|
Lumbar|J|
B. Mr. Shmelgenbelcher has had a rough day. He woke up with a pain in his cervical region. He fell off his bike and bruised his crural region. He pulled a muscle in his inguinal region and was whacked by a revolving door in his scapular region. Describe where each of these areas of the body is located on poor Mr. Shmelgenbelcher.
The cervical region is his neck. The crural region is on the leg, between the knee cap and the ankle. He pulled a muscle in the inguinal region, which is the groin. He was whacked by a revolving door in his shoulder blade area, which is the scapular region.
Exercise 3: Body Orientation
A. Using the directional terms you learned in Exercise 3, fill in the following blanks
a. The nose is ___medial________ to the ears.
b. The elbow is __distal__to the shoulder and _proximal__to the wrist.
c. The heart is ventral__ to the spine.
d. The stomach is inferior to the ribs.
e. The pinky finger is __medial____ to the thumb.
f. Muscles are superficial_ to your skeleton.
g. The mouth is inferior__ and ventral_ to the ears.
h. The brain is superior___ to the spinal cord.
QUESTION:
A. Which of the following organs would not be visible if you cut the body in a mid-sagittal