ASSIGMENT NO.

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INTRODUCTION TO ANATOMY

At the end of the course the students must be able to:

1. Define Human Anatomy

2. Describe the main divisions of Human anatomy

3. Discuss the different levels of structural organization of the human body

4. Name and describe briefly the different body systems

5. Describe a person in anatomical position

6. Describe the following imaginary planes.

a. Sagittal plane
b. Midsagittal plane
c. Coronal plane
d. Horizontal plane

7. Discuss the following anatomical terms used for the different parts of
the body to describe their relations with one another.

a. anterior and posterior

b. superior and inferior
c. medial and lateral
d. superficial and deep
e. proximal and distal

8. Discuss the following criteria in the study of oneself:

a. physical attributes
b. functional attributes
c. psychological attributes

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 ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
LABORATORY PROCEDURES
INTRODUCTION TO ANATOMY

Familiarize yourself with the Gross anatomy laboratory room located at the 11th floor of the
college of Medicine Building. You will find here the technician’s room where anatomical models,
bones, specimens are borrowed from and returned to at the beginning and end of the laboratory period.
There are also anatomical charts posted in the walls of the entire room that can be used as reference as
well as well-meaning quotations to guide you in your stay in College of Medicine. We hope these will
help in your journey to become full pledged physicians in the future.
Study of one’s own body is essential before one attempts to study structures in other living and
dead human bodies as well as anatomical models. One can understand himself and others better by
studying first one’s own physical, functional and physiological make-ups.

Obtain your own values for the following. Use the metric system for the
various measurements.

I. Physical attributes:
5'4 ft
A. Height _______________
64 kg
B. Weight _______________

C. Chest circumferences _______________

38 inches

D. Waist circumferences _______________

36 inches

E. Hip circumferences _______________

40 inches

F. Color of skin _______________

Brown

G. Color of hair _______________

Black

Black
H. Color of eyes _______________

II. Functional Attributes

120/80
A. Blood pressure _______________

B. Pulse rate _______________

102

C. Respiratory rate _______________

17 breaths/min

D. Pupillary light reflex _______________

Normal

Normal
E. Knee jerk reflex _______________

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III. Physiological Attributes

You are now required to write a personal history from time of your birth to the present
time. This must be done in a separate sheet of paper to be submitted at the end of the laboratory
period. This should include all the persons and events that had greatly influenced your
psychological make-ups. You may add also the long term and short term goals in your life and
how you plan to achieve these goals.

Describe and illustrate the anatomical position in yourself.

Person is standing erect (head, eyes & toes facing forward), upper limbs at by side with palms facing forward, lower limbs together

and toes pointing forward.

_______________________________________________________________

Look for anatomical models in the laboratory cut in the following phases. Describe them.

Sagittal __________________________________________________
divided parallel to the median plane but not equally division of the left and right

Midsagittal _______________________________________________
equal division of left & right from the sagittal suture

Coronal __________________________________________________
division of front & back guided by the coronal suture

Transverse _______________________________________________
division of upper and lower limbs of the body

Practice the use of the different anatomical terms by filling up the following blanks.

1. The clavicle articulates at its _____________

medial end with the sternum and with

the scapula at its _______________

lateral end.

2. The ribs articulates at its ______________

anterior end with the sternum and with the

thoracic vertebrae at its ________________

posterior end.

3. The heart Is ________________

posterior to the sternum.

4. The ________________
proximal end of the humerus articulates with shoulder

bone while the ______________

distal end with the forearm bones.

5. The skin is __________________

superficial to the fasciae and muscles.

6. The ears are found in ___________________

peripheral side of head.

7. The abdomen is ________________

inferior to thorax.
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8. The ________________
proximal
part of small intestines joins the stomach while the

________________
distal
part is continuous with large intestine.

9. The middle finger is _________________

proximal to the ring finger.

10. The ulnar is __________________

medial to radius.

Illustrate the following movements in your body. Describe these:

Flexion is the decreasing angle/bending of neck/body while extension is the
straightening of the flexed body.
1. Flexion and extension of vertebral column ___________________________
Flexion the bending of elbow, extension is the straightening
flexed positioned body.
2. Flexion and extension of the elbow___________________________________
In pronation, palm faces posteriorly, supination is the rotation of the forearm
3. Pronation and supination of the forearm _______________________________
and hand laterally so the palm faces anteriorly.
Abduction is away from the median plane while adduction is towards
4. Abduction and adduction of the arm __________________________________
the median plane.
Inversion is where the sole faces medially while in eversion the sole
5. Inversion and eversion of foot _______________________________________
faces laterally.

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Describe the position assumed by the person
in the picture.
Person is standing erect, upper limbs at the side, palm facing
_____________________________________
forward, lower limbs are together and toes pointing forward.
_____________________________________

_____________________________________

This position is called ___________________

Anatomical position

_____________________________________

The above section/plane is called _______________________.

Transverse Plane Describe how the body is cut.

___________________________________________________________________________
The body is divided into upper and lower parts.

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The above section/plane is called _______________________.
Median Plane
Describe how the body is cut.
Body is cut equally to left and right.
___________________________________________________________________________

These 3 pictures are cut in this section/plane

____________________________________
Coronal Plane

Describe this section. __________________

____________________________________
Sectioning of the body into front and back, basing it in the

coronal suture.
____________________________________

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Using anatomical terms and guided by the directions of the arrows, identify the different
movements on the:

abduction
1. arm ________________________

2. arm ________________________
adduction

3. Forearm & Hand______________

supination

abduction
4. Thigh ______________________
adduction
5. Thigh ______________________
eversion
6. Foot _______________________

7. Foot _______________________
inversion

Using anatomical terms and guided by the directions of the arrows, identify the different
movements on the:

1. arm ________________________
flexion

2. arm ________________________
extension

3. arm ________________________
flexion

4. arm _extension
______________________

5. thigh ______________________
extension

flexion
6. thigh _______________________
extension
7. leg ________________________

8. leg _________________________
flexion

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Identify actions on the fingers. Describe.

1. ________________________
Adduction of fingers

Fingers toward the middle

________________________ 1

________________________

2. _________________________
Abduction of fingers
2
Fingers move away to each other
________________________

________________________

Identify actions on the foot. Describe.

1. ________________________
Dorsiflexion/Extension

Sole is facing the front

________________________

________________________

2. _________________________
Plantarflexion/Flexion

________________________
Sole is facing backward.

________________________