KIN 2500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Histology, Gross Anatomy, Skeletal Muscle
5 Apr 2018
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Kin 2500: anatomy exam 1 (chapters 1-3) Chapter 1: an introduction to the human body. Dissection the careful cutting up of a body or organs. Inspection observing the body for any obvious change: palpation touching the body with hands, auscultation listening, percussion tapping the body with hands, listening for abnormalities/echo. Anatomical position: anterior face front, posterior face back, prone lying face down, supine lying on back. Planes and sections through the brain: midsagittal cut vertically through the front of the brain, frontal plane , transverse . Directional terms: superior toward head, directional, above or higher in position, eyes are superior to nose, cranial - skull, facial, toward the head. Abdominopelvic regions quadrants of abdominopelvic tract: right upper quadrant - ruq, right lower quadrant rlq, left upper quadrant luq, left lower quadrant llq. Measuring the human body: measurements involve time, weight, temperature, size, and volume, all used in clinical situations.
