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1.10: Laboratory Activities and Assignment

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    Laboratory Activities and Assignment

    Part 1: Human Organ Systems

    The 11 human organ systems are listed below with an abbreviation for each. Put the letters relating to each body system to indicate the organ system each organ or structure listed below belongs to. There are more than one answer in some cases.

    • cardiovascular (C)
    • urinary (U)
    • reproductive
      • male (MR)
      • female (FR)
    • endocrine (E)
    • muscular (M)
    • skeletal (S)
    • nervous (N)
    • integumentary (I)
    • respiratory (R)
    • lymphatic (L)
    • digestive (D)

    ______ adrenal glands

    ______ artery

    ______ blood

    ______ brain

    ______ capillaries

    ______ cartilage

    ______ epididymis

    ______ esophagus

    ______ fingernails

    ______ gall bladder

    ______ hair

    ______ heart

    ______ joints

    ______ kidney

    ______ kneecap

    ______ large intestines

    ______ liver

    ______ lungs

    ______ lymph nodes

    ______ lymphatic vessels

    ______ mammary glands

    ______ muscles

    ______ nasal cavity

    ______ nerves

    ______ ovary

    ______ pancreas

    ______ pituitary gland

    ______ ribs

    ______ sense organs (e.g. eye)

    ______ skin

    ______ skull

    ______ small intestines

    ______ spinal cord

    ______ spleen

    ______ stomach

    ______ tendons

    ______ testes

    ______ thymus

    ______ thyroid gland

    ______ trachea

    ______ urinary bladder

    ______ uterus

    Part 2: Anatomical Position and Directional Terms

    1. Fill in the blank with the appropriate directional term to complete the following sentences. More than one answer may be correct.

    a. The heart is ___________ to the lungs.

    b. The knee is ___________ to the hip.

    c. The wrist is ___________ to the hand.

    d. The mouth is ___________ to the nose.

    e. The thorax is ___________ to the abdomen.

    f. The thumb is ___________ to the ring finger.

    g. The sternum is ___________ to the heart.

    h. The skull is ___________ to the scalp.

    i. The ears are ___________ to the nose.

    j. Dorsal refers to the ___________ of the human body, while ventral refers to the ___________ of the human body.

    2. Use the information below to put "incus" in the correct white box on the figure below to label incus, a part of the human auditory system:

    a. incus is superior to and lateral to the cochlear nerve

    b. incus is medial to malleus

    c. incus is lateral to stapes

    Diagram shows a frontal section of the head to expose the anatomy of the ear including the middle ear and the inner ear.

    Part 3: Planes and Sections

    1. Name the type of section performed in the brain shown. Write your answers on the lines given.

    Left brain is sliced separating front and back. Middle brain is sliced separating right and left. Right brain is sliced separating top and bottom.

    _____________________ ___________________ ___________________

    2. Use your knowledge of the different body planes/sections, fill in the blanks with the appropriate body plane for each of the following descriptions.

    a. The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is the ___________ plane.

    b. A transverse plane divides the body into ___________ and ___________ regions.

    c. A ___________ or ___________ plane divides the body into right and left parts.

    3. Label the two images below with the appropriate anatomical planes and directional terms:

    Two human figures with labels showing the various planes and directions with blanks for writing in the correct anatomical terms for those planes and directions.

    Part 4: Anatomical Adjectives for Body Locations

    1. Label the anatomical model of the muscle person below with the anatomical adjectives for body locations in the listed. Label BOTH the anterior view and the posterior view with as many of the labels as possible for each view.

    • abdominal
    • acromial
    • antebrachial
    • antecubital
    • axillary
    • brachial
    • buccal
    • calcaneal
    • carpal
    • cephalic
    • cervical
    • clavicular
    • coxal
    • cranial
    • crural
    • ubital
    • dorsal
    • digital
    • facial
    • femoral
    • frontal
    • genital
    • glossal
    • gluteal
    • hallux
    • inguinal
    • lumbar
    • mammary
    • manual
    • mental
    • nasal
    • ocular
    • olecranal
    • oral
    • orbital
    • otic
    • palmar
    • palmar
    • patellar
    • pectoral
    • pedal
    • pelvic
    • perineal
    • pollex
    • popliteal
    • pubic
    • sacral
    • scapular
    • sternal
    • sural
    • tarsal
    • thoracic
    • trunk
    • umbilical
    • vertebral

    Front view of an anatomical muscle model.

    Back view of an anatomical muscle model.

    Part 5: Abdominopelvic Regions and Abdominopelvic Quadrants

    1. Label the four abdominopelvic quadrants and the nine abdominopelvic regions on the anatomical models below as appropriate.

    Both models show the organs of the abdominal cavity. The model on the left shows the abdominal cavity divided by lines in four quadrants and the model on the right shows the abdominal cavity divided by lines in nine regions.

    Part 6: Body Cavities and Serosa

    1. Fill in the blank with the appropriate body cavity:

    a. The two main body cavities are the ___________ and the ___________ cavities.

    b. The stomach is found in the ___________ cavity.

    c. The heart is found in the ___________ cavity, which is part of the larger ___________ cavity.

    d. The brain is found within the ___________ cavity which is part of the larger ___________ cavity

    e. The urinary bladder and reproductive organs are found within the ___________ cavity.

    2. Fill in each box in the figure below with either the cavity shown (white boxes) or the name of the serous membrane (gray boxes).

    Diagram showing the body cavities and serous membranes unlabeled with boxes where labels are to be written in as a part of this activity.

    Attributions

    Part 2: Anatomical Position & Directional Terms

    Part 3: Planes & Sections

    Part 4: Anatomical Adjectives for Body Locations

    Part 5: Abdominopelvic Regions & Abdominopelvic Quadrants

    Part 6: Body Cavities & Serosa


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