Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology - Chapter 1 Review
Anatomy ✔✔Is the study of the structure and and shape of the body and its parts.
Physiology ✔✔Study of how the body works or functions. How do they work?
Name the levels of structural organization ✔✔Chemical level-atoms to molecules.
Cellular level-organelles, molecules form cells.
Tissue level-similar cells form tissue.
Organ-tissues form organs.
Organ system level-organs that work together.
Organismal level-sum total of all structural levels working together to keep us alive.
Median plane (Saggital) ✔✔Saggital plane - center of body anterior view, head to toe
Direction-Medial ✔✔Close to midline of body, going to inside
Direction-Lateral ✔✔Away from midline, to the outside
Midline ✔✔Separates left and right side of body of anterior view
Distal ✔✔Further from the point of attachment, further from trunk
Proximal ✔✔Nearer to the point of attachment, close to trunk
Superior ✔✔Above another body part, cranial or cephalad
Inferior ✔✔below another body part
Intermediate ✔✔In between, in between ribs for example
Superficial ✔✔External, close to the body's surface
Deep ✔✔Internal, further from body's surface
Sagittal ✔✔Section lengthwise cut into right and left
Frontal (coronal) ✔✔Section lengthwise cut into anterior and posterior
(dorsal) Posterior ✔✔Back view of the body,
Anterior ✔✔Front view of body
