A&P Midterm Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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A&P Midterm Exam Study Guide with
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anatomy - Answer-study of the forms and organizationof body structures (morphology).
Anatomists examine the body and its organization.
Physiology - Answer-study of the functions of body parts (what they do and how they do it).
Physiologists ...
Serous membranes - Answer✔✔-thin layers of cells that line the walls of the thoracic and
abdominal cavities and fold back over the organs in these cavities. They secrete a slippery
serous fluid
Parietal pleura - Answer✔✔-serous membrane that lines the right and left thoracic
compartments that house the lungs. This folds back over the lungs forming the visceral pleura
Visceral pleura - Answer✔✔-A thin film of serous fluid separates the parietal and visceral pleural
membranes
Pericardial membranes - Answer✔✔-surround the heart
Peritoneal membranes - Answer✔✔-membranes of the abdominopelvic cavity
Anatomical position - Answer✔✔-standing erect, face forward, upper limbs at sides with palms
forward.
Superior - Answer✔✔-a part is above another part or closer to the head
Inferior - Answer✔✔-- a part is below another part or toward feet
Anterior - Answer✔✔-ventral, towards the front
Posterior - Answer✔✔-dorsal, toward the back
Medial - Answer✔✔-closer to the imaginary midline that separates the body into equal right
and left halves
Lateral - Answer✔✔-toward the side
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