Human Anatomy and Physiology Group Practice Section #1

TRUE OR FALSE• The navel is inferior to the chin• The head is superior to the abdomen• The spine is anterior to the breastbone • The heart is medial to the arm • The arm is lateral to the chest• The thigh is distal to the knee• The elbow is proximal to the wrist • The skin is superficial to the skeletal muscle• The lungs are deep to the skin

Answers• The navel is inferior to the chin T • The head is superior to the abdomen T• The spine is anterior to the breastbone F• The heart is medial to the arm T• The arm is lateral to the chest T• The thigh is distal to the knee F• The elbow is proximal to the wrist T• The skin is superficial to the skeletal muscle T• The lungs are deep to the skin T

Relate the following terms:

• mammary/mental superior/inferior• palmar/sternal medial/lateral• carpal/antebrachial proximal/distal• umbilical/vertebral deep/superficial

Answers

• mammary/mental superior/inferior• The mammary is inferior to mental• palmar/sternal medial/lateral• The palmar is lateral to sternal• carpal/antebrachial proximal/distal• The carpal is distal to the antebrachial• umbilical/vertebral deep/superficial• The umbilical is superficial to the vertebral

Address the following:

• Buccal is an anatomical term describing which region? • Acromial is the anatomical term describing which

region? • Brachial is the anatomical term describing which

region? • The hip would be anatomically be called?• The stomach region would anatomically be called? • The buttocks region would more correctly be called?

• Buccal is an anatomical term describing which region? • Cheek• Acromial is the anatomical term describing which region? • Point of Shoulder• Brachial is the anatomical term describing which region? • Arm, specifically the upper arm• The hip would be anatomically be called?• Coxal• The stomach region would anatomically be called? • Abdominal• The buttocks region would more correctly be called?• Gluteal

What does the following name tell you? Skip

• Parietal pericardium• Visceral pericardium• Parietal peritoneum• Visceral peritoneum• Parietal pleura• Visceral pleura

Name the following: Skip

• A membrane on the stomach• A membrane found lining the thoracic cavity

wall• A membrane that lines the heart • A membrane covering the cavity where the

liver sits

Application

• You are sitting in the doctor’s office and you over hear a conversation. The doctor is telling a patient that pain in the gluteal region is most likely the reason why the person has experienced daily pain in the mental region. What can you conclude about this doctor’s practice?

• Answer: This doctor clearly does not know what he is talking about. Pain in the gluteal (buttocks region) would not be causing pain in the chin (mental region)

• You are sitting in a doctor’s office and you hear a conversation. The doctor is telling the patient that he does not specialize in the otic region and that his patient should go have that region checked out. You immediately help the poor patient out by telling him which type of doctor to go see.

• Ear Nose and Throat Doctor (Diseases of the ear. Otic = Ear

• Otolaryngologist (Special Bonus: To have for the test if you tell me the formal name of an ENT doctor.)

• Ear Doctor for Auditory/Hearing problems• Audiologist

• An unsuspecting weight lifter claims that by lifting a barbell he can work his crural region. Please advise this young lad as to what he should be actually doing.

• Leg Presses, running, jumping jacks, jump rope, anything to exercise the lower legs.

Cranial

Thoracic

Ventral

Abdominal

Abdominal pelvic

Dorsal

Vertebral

Pelvic