What is the greek meaning of anatomy? - correct answer ✔✔To cut apart
What are the 2 general categories of anatomy? - correct answer ✔✔Microscopic anatomy and Gross
anatomy
Microscopic anatomy - correct answer ✔✔Includes cytology and histology
Cytology - correct answer ✔✔The study of cells
Histology - correct answer ✔✔The study of tissues
Gross anatomy - correct answer ✔✔Investigates the large body parts that are visible to the naked eye
(AKA macroscopic anatomy)
Systemic anatomy - correct answer ✔✔Studies the gross anatomy of each system
Regional anatomy - correct answer ✔✔Study of all the structures in a particular body region
Surface anatomy - correct answer ✔✔Study of landmarks on the outside of the human body that are
created by underlying structures and their medical importance
Organization of the body - correct answer ✔✔Chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system, and
organism level
, Chemical level of organization - correct answer ✔✔The most simple level: 2 or more atoms combine to
create a molecule, which then combine to form cells.
Cellular level of organization - correct answer ✔✔Cells are the smallest living structures and serve as the
basic units of structure and function in organisms.
Tissue level of organization - correct answer ✔✔Groups of similar cells with a common function combine
to form tissues
Organ level of organization - correct answer ✔✔Organs contain two or more tissue types that work
together to perform specific, complex functions
Organ system level of organization - correct answer ✔✔Consists of related organs that work together to
coordinate activities and achieve a common function
Organismal level of organization - correct answer ✔✔The highest level of structural organization in the
body. All body systems function interdependently in a single living human, the organism.
Because of the complex organismal level of organization, what are humans capable of? - correct answer
✔✔Metabolism, growth and development, responsiveness, adaptation, regulation, and reproduction.
Anatomical position - correct answer ✔✔The body is upright, and the forearms positioned so the palms
are facing anteriorly (thumbs out).
Section - correct answer ✔✔Implies an actual cut or slice
Plane - correct answer ✔✔Implies an imaginary flat surface passing through the body
Coronal Plane (frontal) - correct answer ✔✔Divides the body lengthwise into front and back portions
"Crown"
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