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Chapter 1: The Human Body: An Orientation
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Anatomy & Physiology
Practice worksheets
Match the structures to the proper organ system
1. Heart and blood vessels
A. Integumentary
2. Spinal cord and sensory receptor
B. Skeletal
3. Spleen and tonsils
C. Muscular
4. Thyroid, testes, pituitary
D. Nervous
5. Biceps, quadriceps
E. Endocrine
6. Skin
F. Cardiovascular
7. Large intestine, esophagus
G. Lymphatics
8. Larynx, pharynx, nasal passages
H. Respiratory
9. Kidneys, ureter, bladder
I. Digestive
10. Eggs, ova, uterus
J. Urinary
11. Lymph nodes
K. Reproductive
12. Cartilage, ligaments, joint
13. Hormones
14. Brain
15. Femur
Describe the body region each of these terms refer to:
1. Abdominal
2. Acromial
3. Antebrachial
4. Brachial
5. Buccal
6. Carpal
7. Celiac
8. Cephalic
9. Cervical
10. Costal
11. Coxal
12. Digital
13. Dorsal
14. Femoral
15. Frontal
16. Genital
17. Gluteal
18. Inguinal
19. Lumbar
20. Mammary
21. Nasal
22. Occipital
23. Oral
24. Orbital
25. Otic
26. Palmar
27. Pectoral
28. Pedal
29. Pelvic
30. Sacral
31. Sternal
32. Umbilical
33. Vertebral
Directional Terms
A. Anterior
B. Posterior
C. Superior
D. Inferior
E. Lateral
F. Medial
G. Proximal
H. Distal
I. Superficial
J. Deep
Matching: Please write the correct letter in the space to the right of each number. You may use each choice one, more than once, or
not at all. For all questions, assume the body is in anatomical
1. _____ The abdominal cavity is _____ to the thoracic cavity.
2. _____ The umbilical region is _____ to the lumbar region.
3. _____ The skin is _____ to the muscles.
4. _____ The lungs are _____ to the heart.
5. _____ The left lumbar region is _____ to the left hypochondriac region.
6. _____ The nose is _____ and _____ to the shoulders.
7. _____ The feet are the most _____ region of the body.
8. _____ The middle finger is _____ to the thumb.
9. _____ The larynx (voice box) is _____ to the heart.
10. _____ The face and belly button are on which surface of the body?
11. _____ The shoulder blades and buttocks are located on the _____ surface of the body.
12. _____ The cranial cavity is _____ to the ventral body cavity.
13. _____ The ankle is _____ to the knee.
14. _____ The dorsal body cavity is _____ to the ventral body cavity.
15. _____ The shoulder is _____ to the wrist.
16. _____ The heart is _____ to the sternum.
17. _____ The right iliac region is _____ to the hypogastric region
18. _____ The bones are _____ to the skin.
19. _____ The ring finger is _____ to the pinky finger.
Planes and Sections
Matching: Please write the correct letter in the space to the right of each number. You may use each choice one, more than once, or
not at all. For all questions, assume the body is in anatomical position.
A. Frontal
B. Midsagittal
C. Sagittal/parasagittal
D. Transverse
1. _____ Which planes through the body can be produced by cutting the body from a superior to an inferior direction? (In other
words, begin the cut at the head and cut down to the toes.) List all 3 possible cuts.
2. _____ In a sword fight, Sir Robert lost his ear as his opponent brought the sword down and cleanly sliced off his ear. The cut
which removed his ear from his head was made in the _____ plane.
3. _____ When a surgeon amputates a leg above the knee, the separation is made in the _____ plane.
4. _____ The esophagus is a tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach, and runs along the midline of the body.
Which plane would make a cross section through the esophagus?
5. _____ You wish to make a cut which separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity. Such a cut would lie in the
_____ plane.
6. _____ Which two planes, when passed through the body, would result in 2 sections, with each section containing a piece of
the heart and a piece of both lungs?
7. _____ A cut which separates the dorsal body cavity from the ventral body cavity would lie in the _____ plane.
8. _____ If you make a cut which separates the right iliac region form the hypogastric region, this would be in the _____ plane,
9. _____ but a cut which separates the right iliac region from the right lumbar region would be in the _______ plane.
10. _____ A plane which passed through the body, diving the left lung into right and left parts would be a _______ plane,
11. _____ while a plane which passes through the body so that the left lung is divided into superior and inferior portions would be
a _______ plane.
Regions of the abdominopelvic cavity:
Use your book to identify which organs belong to the thoracic cavity and which belong to the abdominopelvic cavity. Also state what
organ system they belong to (pages 4-7). Notice that the diaphragm is the dividing structure between the two respective cavities.
Compare the images on page 16 and 17 in order to complete this activity.
Label the body cavities