Review- Using Anatomical Terms and Directions - Online Tutor, Practice Problems & Exam Prep
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Understanding anatomical and directional terms is crucial for accurately describing body regions. For instance, regions distal to the antecubital area include the antebrachial (forearm) and carpal (wrist) regions. Lateral to the pubic region is the inguinal (groin) area. When making incisions, terms like inferior and medial describe movements towards the pelvis. Additionally, pain distal to the popliteal region refers to the sural area (back of the calf). Mastery of these terms enhances comprehension of anatomy and facilitates effective communication in medical contexts.
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A test question you're likely to see is where a professor takes anatomical terms and directional terms and puts them together, and you need to know both to be able to answer the question. So, we're going to practice those now. First up, we have: Name 2 regions that are distal to the antecubital region. I'll give you a second to see if you can name 2 regions like that. Alright.
Antecubital, that's the soft spot of your elbow or the front of your elbow there. And distal means further from the attachment point on a limb. So, really, distal to the antecubital region is going to be anywhere further down the arm in that region there. So there's a number of regions that work. You could talk about the antebrachial (your forearm), the carpal region (your wrist), manus (your hand), pollux (your thumb), or digital (your fingers). I'll pick my favorites—I'll go with carpal and digital. But any of those regions that I just mentioned would work. Alright.
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If you have a pain that is just proximal to the metacarpals, where is it?
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Carpal.
B
Antebrachial.
C
Olecranal.
D
Acromial.
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The vertebral region is medial to which other region?
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Cervical
B
Sacral
C
Occipital
D
Lumbar
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During a dissection you are directed to start your incision in the popliteal region and cut distal to the popliteal until you reach the calcaneus. What region did you cut?
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Gluteal
B
Femoral
C
Popliteal
D
Sural
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After running in high heels your fellow anatomy student complains of a pain just distal to the calcaneal region. What region is the pain coming from?
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Hallux
B
Digital
C
Plantar
D
Carpal
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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The orbital region is posterior to the occipital region.
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The two otic regions are ipsilateral.
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The sural region is ventral to the crural region.
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The hallux is medial to the other digits.
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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The axillary nerves are lateral to the thoracic vertebrae.
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The median sacral artery is found superior to the coxal bone.
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The femur region is distal to the calcaneus.
D
To repair an inguinal hernia the incision would be medial to the pubis.
