BIOL 1050H Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neutrophil, Sympathetic Nervous System, Lower Motor Neuron
16 Jan 2018
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Inspection: looking at the bodies appearance as in performing a physical examination or making a clinical diagnosis. Auscultation: listening to the natural sounds made by the body. Percussion: tapping on the body, feeling for resistance, and listening to the sounds emitted for signs of abnormalities. Transverse plane: cutting the body horizontally in half at the belly button. Sagittal plane: cutting the body diagonally in between the breasts. Frontal plane: cutting the body in half in front and back portions. Cephalic: toward the head or superior end. Caudal: toward the tail or inferior end. Proximal: closer to the point of attachment or origin. Distal: farther from the point of attachment or origin. Ipsilateral: on the same side of the body. Contralateral: on opposite sides of the body. Thoracic cavity (divided by a thick wall of mediastinum) Pleural cavities (2 lined with pleural fluid: associated viscera: lungs, membranous lining: pleurae. Pericardial cavity (lubricated by pericardial fluid: associated viscera: heart, membranous lining: pericardium.
