Summary: Anatomy And Physiology

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• 1 Introduction to the Human Body

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• List the four levels of structural organisation in the body, mention in this chapter?

  Cellular level
  Tissue level
  Organ Level
  System Level

• What is the anatomical position

  The subject is standing errect. Head level, eyes facing forward
  Facing the observer
  Feet are flat on the floor legs parellel.
  The upper limbs are by the person's side with palms facing forward.

• Name the directional terms of the body for -near the head or upper part of structure? Away from the head or the lower part of the body? Nearer to or the front part of the body? Nearer to or the back part of the body?

  Superior
  Inferior
  Anterior
  Posterior

• Name the directional terms of the body for the part that is nearer to the middle of the body? The part farther from the middle? Near to the attachment of a limb to the trunk, nearer to the origination of the structure? Farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk; father from the origination of a structure?

  Medial
  Lateral
  Proximal
  Distal

• What are the planes of the body?

  Imaginary flat surfaces that pass through the body parts.

• Which planes divides the body or organ into unequal left and right sides (it doesn't pass through the midline though)?

  Parasagittal

• Which plane passes throught the midline of the body or an organ divides it into equal rights and lefts sides?

  Midsagittal

• Which plane passes through the body or organ at an ....... Angle (any agle other than a 90 degree angle?

  Oblique plane

• Which plane divides the body or organ into supperior and inferior portions?

  Transverse plane

• Which plane dives the body or organ into anterior and posterior portions?

  Frontal plane