PLTW -HBS Unit 1 Questions with
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Anterior - ✔✔-Situated toward the front of the body
Deep - ✔✔-Away from the body surface; more internal
Directional Terms - ✔✔-Terms used to explain where o
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PLTW -HBS Unit 1 Questions with
accurate answers, rated A+
Anterior - ✔✔-Situated toward the front of the body
Deep - ✔✔-Away from the body surface; more internal
Directional Terms - ✔✔-Terms used to explain where one body structure is in relation to another
Distal - ✔✔-Situated away from the point of attachment or origin or a central point; located away from
the center of the body
Dorsal - ✔✔-Being or located near, on, or toward the back or posterior part of the human body
Identity - ✔✔-The distinguishing character or personality of an individual
Inferior - ✔✔-Situated below and closer to the feet than another and especially another similar part of
an upright body especially of a human being
Lateral - ✔✔-Of or relating to the side; especially of a body part
Medial - ✔✔-Lying or extending in the middle; especially of a body part
Posterior - ✔✔-Situated at or toward the hind part of the body
Proximal - ✔✔-Situated next to or near the point of attachment or origin or a central point
Regional Terms - ✔✔-Anatomical terms that refer to specific visible landmarks on the surface of the
body
Superficial - ✔✔-Of, relating to, or located near the surface
Superior - ✔✔-Situated toward the head and further away from the feet than another and especially
another similar part of an upright body especially of a human being
System - ✔✔-A group of body organs or structures that together perform one or more vital functions
Ventral - ✔✔-Pertaining to the anterior or front side of the body; opposite of dorsal
Adipose tissue - ✔✔-Connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by
droplets of fat
Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔-Bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to the axial skeleton
Axial Skeleton - ✔✔-The skeleton of the trunk and head
Connective tissue - ✔✔-Animal tissue that functions mainly to bind and support other tissues, having a
sparse population of cells scattered through an extracellular matrix
Epithelial tissue - ✔✔-Sheets of tightly packed cells that line organs and body cavities
Femur - ✔✔-The proximal bone of the hind or lower limb that is the longest and largest bone in the
human body, extends from the hip to the knee
Forensic Anthropology - ✔✔-The branch of physical anthropology in which anthropological data,
criteria, and techniques are used to determine the sex, age, genetic population, or parentage of skeletal
or biological materials in questions of civil or criminal law
Humerus - ✔✔-The longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the
elbow
Pelvis - ✔✔-A basin-shaped structure in the skeleton of many vertebrates that is formed by the pelvic
girdle together with the sacrum and often various coccygeal and caudal vertebrae and that in humans is
composed of the two hip bones bounding it on each side and in front while the sacrum and coccyx
complete it behind
Skull - ✔✔-The skeleton of the head forming a bony case that encloses and protects the brain and chief
sense organs and supports the jaws
Tibia - ✔✔-The inner and usually larger of the two bones of the leg between the knee and ankle that
articulates above with the femur and below with the talus -- called also shinbone
Tissue - ✔✔-An integrated group of cells with a common structure and function
Anterior - ✔✔-situated before or at the front of; fore
Posterior - ✔✔-situated behind or at the rear of; hinder
Inferior - ✔✔-lower in place or position; closer to the bottom or base
Superior - ✔✔-one of greater rank or station or quality
Medial - ✔✔-situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate
Lateral - ✔✔-of or pertaining to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side
Distal - ✔✔-situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal
Proximal - ✔✔-situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
Superficial - ✔✔-being at, on, or near the surface
Deep - ✔✔-extending far down from the top or surface
Ventral - ✔✔-of or pertaining to the venter or belly; abdominal
Dorsal - ✔✔-of, pertaining to, or situated at the back, or dorsum
Abdominal - ✔✔-of or relating to or near the abdom
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