A&P Midterm Review

The midterm exam will consist of fill in the blank, true and false, labeling, matching and multiple-choice questions. While NOT ALL of the material presented below will be on the exam, the material is a bank from which your exam will be written. You will not be tested on material that is not included in this review. Therefore, while completion of this review is not mandatory, completing the review in full will significantly aid you in achieving a high score. Please feel free to email me at amartinez43@utep.edu or call/text me at 915-861-9689 if there are any questions or concerns.

Language of Anatomy Exercise

1) Know the terms anatomical descriptors:

a. Anatomical position

b. Axial

c. Appendicular

d. The bolded vocabulary describing Surface Anatomy listed on page 2 Superior/inferior (Figure 1.1)

e. Anterior/posterior

f. Medial/lateral

g. Cephalad (cranial)/caudal

h. Dorsal/ventral

i. Sagittal plane

j. Median/midsagittal

k. Frontal

l. Transverse

m. Diaphragm

n. Prone/supine (ppt)

o. Parasaggital (ppt)

1) Review the following figures and understand the directional terms:

a. Figure 1.2

b. Figure 1.3 (ignore the corresponding MRI images)

2) Know the subdivisions of the dorsal body cavity (cranial cavity and vertebral cavity) and the ventral body cavity (thoracic cavity and abdomiopelvic cavity)

3) Language of anatomy Quiz

a. All of the following are conditions of the anatomical position except

i. Head facing forward

ii. Palms flat against thighs

iii. Feet slightly apart

iv. Toes pointed forward

v. Body standing erect

b. In a quadruped (ex. Dog) the directional terms superior is towards the

i. Head

ii. Tail

iii. Back

iv. Ventral

v. C and D

c. Frontal and coronal refer to the same plane of section.

i. True

ii. False

d. The subdivisions of the dorsal cavity are

i. Spinal cavity and cranial cavity

ii. Thoracic...