Laboratory Activity 1

Body Plan

1. Look for a fruit or a vegetable that is round or elongated that you can cut into half. You’ll be
needing 3 pcs of the same fruit or vegetable (e.g. 3 pcs of bananas). Draw a face into the fruit or
vegetable as your marker for the anterior part of it. Cut the fruit or vegetable using the different
planes. Observe the structure. Draw the inner and outer structures for each plane and describe.
Relate the result of this activity in relation to the human body and how this concept will be
useful in the medical field and to you as a future Nurse. (15 points)

Surface Anatomy

2. Match each of the following descriptions with a key term, and record the term in front of
the description.
Key: brachial BUCCAL 1. cheek

buccal DIGITAL 2. referring to the fingers

carpal SCAPULAR 3. shoulder blade region

cervical CARPAL 4. wrist area
deltoid PATELLAR 5. anterior aspect of knee

digital BRANCHIAL 6. referring to the arm

patellar DELTOID 7. curve of shoulder

scapular CERVICAL 8. referring to the neck

Body Orientation, Direction, Planes, and Sections

3. Several incomplete statements are listed below. Correctly complete each statement by
choosing the appropriate anatomical term from the key. Record the key terms on the
correspondingly numbered blanks below.

Key: anterior inferior posterior superior

distal lateral proximal transverse
frontal medial sagittal

In the anatomical position, the umbilicus and knees are on the _1_ body surface; the
buttocks and shoulder blades are on the _2_ body surface; and the soles of the feet are the
most
_3_ part of the body. The ears are _4_ and _5_ to the shoulders and _6_ to the nose. The
breastbone is _7_ to the vertebral column (spine) and _8_ to the shoulders. The elbow is _9_ to
the shoulder but _10_ to the fingers. The thoracic cavity is _11_ to the abdominopelvic cavity
and
_12_ to the spinal cavity.
 If an incision cuts the brain into superior and inferior parts, the section is a _ 13_ section;
but if the brain is cut so that anterior and posterior portions result, the section is a _14_ section.
You are told to cut a dissection animal along two planes so that the lungs are observable in both
sections. The two sections that meet this requirement are the _15_ and _16_ sections.

ANTERIOR 1. INFERIOR 9.
POSTERIOR 2. SUPERIOR 10.
INFERIOR 3. SUPERIOR 11.
ANTERIOR 12.
SUPERIOR 4.
TRANSVERESE 13.
MEDIAL 5. FRONTAL PLANE 14.
LATERAL 6. TRANSVERESE
15.
ANTERIOR 7. FRONTAL
16.
LATERAL 8.

4. A nurse informs you that she is about to give you a shot in the lateral femoral region. What
portion of your body should you uncover?
THIGH

Body Cavities

5. Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following types of surgery? Insert the key
term(s) in the same-numbered blank. More than one choice may apply.

Key: abdominopelvic dorsal thoracic

cranial spinal ventral

1. surgery to remove a cancerous lung THORACIC

lobe VENTRAL/ ABDOMINOPELVIC
2. removal of an ovary SPINAL
3. surgery to remove a ruptured disk VENTRAL/ABDOMINOPELVIC
4. appendectomy ABDOMINOPELVIC
5. removal of the gallbladder

6. Correctly identify each of the described areas of the abdominal surface by inserting the
appropriate term in the answer blank preceding the description.
LEFT AND RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC
REGION
1. overlies the lateral aspects of the lower ribs
HYPOGASTRIC REGION 2. surrounds the “belly button”
HYPOGASTRIC REGION 3. encompasses the pubic area
UMBILICAL
REGION
4. medial region overlying the stomach

7. Which body cavity affords the least protection to its internal structures?

ABDOMINAL CAVITY