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Human Anatomy Lab Manual: Lab 1: Anatomical Language

Human Anatomy Lab Manual
Lab 1: Anatomical Language
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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. About the Publisher
  6. About This Project
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Lab 1: Anatomical Language
    1. Lab 1: Anatomical Language
    2. Pre-Lab 1
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 1 Questions
  9. Lab 2: Bones and Bone Markings
    1. Lab 2: Bones and Bone Markings
    2. Pre-Lab 2
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 2 Questions
  10. Lab 3: Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves
    1. Lab 3: Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves
    2. Pre-Lab 3
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 3 Questions
  11. Lab 4: Brain and Cranial Nerves
    1. Lab 4: Brain and Cranial Nerves
    2. Pre-lab 4
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 4 Questions
  12. Lab 5: Special Senses
    1. Lab 5: Special Senses
    2. Pre-lab 5
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 5 Questions
  13. Lab 6: Respiratory System
    1. Lab 6: Respiratory System
    2. Pre-Lab 6
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 6 Questions
  14. Lab 7: The Cardiovascular system
    1. Lab 7: The Cardiovascular system
    2. Pre-lab 7
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 7 Questions
  15. Lab 8: Digestive System
    1. Lab 8: Digestive System
    2. Pre-Lab 8
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 8 Questions
  16. Lab 9: Urinary and Reproductive Systems
    1. Lab 9: Urinary and Reproductive Systems
    2. Pre-lab 9
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 9 Questions
  17. Lab 10: The Muscular and Integumentary systems
    1. Lab 10: The Muscular and Integumentary systems
    2. Pre-Lab 10
    3. Lab Activities
    4. Post-Lab 10 Questions
  18. Vocabulary
    1. Vocabulary
  19. Image Credits

Lab 1: Anatomical Language

Measurable Outcomes

  • Understand what the standard anatomical position is.
  • Correctly identify a given plane by its correct name.
  • Relate different structures of the body using the directional terms provided.
  • Correctly identify the anatomical regions of the body.
  • Demonstrate how to properly focus histology slides and identify key structures.
  • Demonstrate an adequate understand of the material in this section.

Background

A solid foundation is essential when learning any new skill. Understanding anatomical directions, articulations, planes, and regions are the foundation for learning anatomy.

The standard anatomical position of the human body is facing towards the observer, legs hip-width apart, feet facing forward, arms out slightly at either side with palms facing forward. When determining a structure’s relative position, be sure to use this frame of reference. For example, it can be easy to confuse which side is the anterior aspect of the hands, therefore, one might incorrectly assume that the thumb is medial to the little finger. Remember, the anterior aspect of the hand is the palm, therefore the thumb is furthest from the center of the body and is lateral.

The archetypal body planes are frontal, sagittal and transverse planes. The frontal plane splits the body into anterior and posterior halves. The sagittal plane splits the body into left and right halves. The transverse plane splits the body into superior and inferior (top and bottom) halves. It is important to be able to identify a given plane so that you can orient yourself when a specimen, model or diagram is depicted a certain way. This same reasoning applies to the necessity of understanding directional terms such as anterior, inferior, distal and medial. It is recommended that you read the content prior to attending lab to make the most of your time.

Vocabulary for Anatomical Language on page(s) 160-161.

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