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What is the anatomical position?

Feet flat on floor, close together, arms held downward, palms facing forward, and the face is directed forward.
Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions?

Frontal plane
Which plane divides the body into unequal right and left portions?

Parasagittal plane
Which plane divides the body into equal halvs on the left and right?

Midsagittal plane
What cavity contains the brain?

The Cranial Cavity
What 3 cavities make up the Thoracic Cavity?

Two Pleural Cavities (Lungs)

Pericardial Cavity (Heart)
What 2 cavities make up the Abdominopelvic cavity?

Abdominal Cavity (digestive organs, spleen, kidneys)

Pelvic Cavity (Bladder, rectum, reproductive organs)
The aorta is __________ to the vertebral column.

a) Dorsal
b) Superior
c) Lateral
d) Ventral
- a) Dorsal: Toward the back or spine
- b) Superior: Above
- c) Lateral: Away from the medial plane
- d) Ventral: Toward front or belly
The vertebral column is __________ to the aorta.

a) Caudal
b) Medial
c) Deep
d) Dorsal
- a) Caudal: Toward the tail or inferior end
- b) Medial: Toward the median plane
- c) Deep: Farther from the body surface
- d) Dorsal: Toward the back or spine
The sternum is __________ to the heart.
- A) Distal: Farther from the point of attachment or origin
- b) Anterior: Toward the ventral side in humans
- c) Posterior: Toward the dorsal side in humans
- d) Dorsal: Toward the back or spine
The esophagus is __________ to the trachea.

a) Medial
b) Inferior
c) Lateral
d) Posterior
- a) Medial: Toward the median plane
- b) Inferior: Below
- c) Lateral: Away from the median plane
- d) Posterior: Tward the dorsal side in humans
The __________ end of the embryonic neuraltube develops into the brain.
- D) Rostral: Toward the forhead or nose
- b) Cephalic: Toward the head or superior end
- c) Deep: Farther from the body surface
- d) Anterior: Toward the ventral side in humans
The forebrain is __________ to the brainstem.

a) Rostral
b) Proximal
c) Cephalic
d) Lateral
- a) Rostral: Toward the forhead or nose
- b) Proximal: Closer to the point of attachment or origin
- c) Cephalic: Toward the head or superior end
- d) Lateral: Away from the median plane
The spinal cord is __________ to the brain.

a) Deep
b) Inferior
c) Caudal
d) Rostral
- a) Deep: Farther from the body surface
- b) Inferior : Below
- c) Caudal: Toward the tail or inferior end
- d) Rostral: Toward the forhead or nose
The heart is __________ to the diaphragm.
- D) Anterior: Toward the ventral side in humans
- b) Superior: Above
- c) Distal: Farther away from the point of attchment or origin
- d) Inferior: Below
The liver is __________ to the diaphragm.

a) Ventral
b) Dorsal
c) Inferior
d) Superior
- a) Ventral: Toward the front in humans
- b) Dorsal: Toward the back in humans
- c) Inferior: Below
- d) Superior: Above
The heart is __________ to the lungs.

a) Lateral
b) Proximal
c) Superficial
d) Medial
- a) Lateral: Away from the median
- b) Proximal: Closer to the point of origin or attachment
- c) Superficial: Closer to the body surface
- d) Medial: Toward the median plane
The eyes are __________ to the nose.

a) Lateral
b) Caudal
c) Medial
d) Ventral
- a) Lateral: Away from the median
- b) Caudal: Toward the tail or inferior end
- c) Medial: Toward the median plane
- d) Ventral: Toward the front or belly
The elbow is __________ to the wrist.

a) Distal
b) Rostral
c) Proximal
d) Posterior
- a) Distal: Farther fron the point of attachment or origin
- b) Rostral: Toward the forehead or nose
- c) Proximal: Closer to the point of attachemnt or origin
- d) Posterior: Tward the dorsal end in humans
The fingernails are at the __________ ends of the fingers.

a) Distal
b) Anterior
c) Superior
d) Proximal
- a) Distal: Farther fron the point of attachemnt or origin
- b) Anterior: Toward the ventral side in humans
- c) Superior: Above
- d) Proximal: Closer to the point of attachment or origin
The skin is __________ to the muscles.

a) Superior
b) Lateral
c) Deep
d) Superficial
- a) Superior: Above
- b) Lateral: Away from the median plane
- c) Deep: Farther from the body surface
- d) Superficial: Closer to the body surface
The bones are __________ to the muscles
- A) Superficial: Closer to the body surface
- b) Deep: Farther from the body surface
- c) Inferior: Below
- d) Posterior: Toward the dorsal side in humans

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