"oh oh oh, to touch and feel very green vegetables ah!" ... or ... "old opal’s ocular tracts tricksters abducting
four vested giants vaguely acting hypoactive"
i olfactory / ii optic / iii oculomotor / iv trochlear / v trigeminal / vi abducens / vii facial / viii vestibulocochlear / ix glossopharyngeal / x vagus / xi accessory / xii hypoglossal
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cranial nerves: sensory, motor or both?
"some say marry money, but my brothers say big breasts matter more" .... or ..... "stop saying my mom bug me because she believes bugging makes me"
Ok. I need help, I hope this is the right thread. If not, please feel free to move my question. Thanks. :)
I am so dang lost when it comes to body direction in relation to two body areas! I understand body direction as it stands alone and I know where all the body areas are... but for some reason I can't grasp it!
For example,
7)The Popliteal is ________________ to the Tarsal
A) Proximal B) Distal
C) MedialD) Lateral
My first guess was contrilateral, on opposite sides of the body... back of knee/front of ankle... but that isn't an option. It could be distal because the popliteal is closer to the fingers than the tarsal? Huh!? I'm lost.
Here are two more examples. These are off of a practice test. The more I try to wrap my mind around it, the more confused I get. Any help would be appreciated.
Alright, this is where I get to look absolutely insane. How I learned body directions, quadrants and all that kinda stuff was I went through the ads in the sunday paper and cut out any of the underwear models or girls wearing tight skimpy clothes (so I could see body parts) and went to work with a black perminant marker putting arrows pointing towards sections of the body and taped them to note cards with what quardrant/direction they were on the back.
I also did note cards that had like 'Dorsal' on the front and 'ventral' on the back
Awesome thread, Kayel. Thanks!
Ok. I need help, I hope this is the right thread. If not, please feel free to move my question. Thanks. :)
I am so dang lost when it comes to body direction in relation to two body areas! I understand body direction as it stands alone and I know where all the body areas are... but for some reason I can't grasp it!
For example,
7)The Popliteal is ________________ to the Tarsal
A) Proximal B) Distal
C) MedialD) Lateral
My first guess was contrilateral, on opposite sides of the body... back of knee/front of ankle... but that isn't an option. It could be distal because the popliteal is closer to the fingers than the tarsal? Huh!? I'm lost.
Here are two more examples. These are off of a practice test. The more I try to wrap my mind around it, the more confused I get. Any help would be appreciated.
I am so dang lost when it comes to body direction in relation to two body areas! I understand body direction as it stands alone and I know where all the body areas are... but for some reason I can't grasp it!
I'd say .. you might be concentrating on too many terms at once and panicking yourself and then overthinking .. you can do it!!! Just back up and really look at your directional terms again.
Hi Casi. That does not sound insane. LOL. I have made geez, 20 copies of my fill in the blank lab sheets and I just keep doing them over and over and over and over. I know all of my body aras (popliteal, patellar, mental, occipital, etc!). I understand body direction as follows:
*Superior/Cephalic
Toward the head, going up
Cephalic is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology
*Inferior/Caudal
Towards the feet, going down
Caudal is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology
*Anterior/Ventral
The front of the body
Ventral is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology
*Posterior/Dorsal
Toward the back of the body
Dorsal is used more when dealing with four legged creatures (as opposed to bipeds) and Embryology
*Medial
Near to the midline of the body, towards the sternum
*Lateral
Towards the outside of the body, going away from the midline.
*Intermediate
Between to structures
*Ipsilateral
On the same side of the body
*Contralateral
On the opposite side of the body
*Proximal
Towards the point of origin
*Distal
Away from the point of origin
*Superficial
Toward the surface
*Deep
Away from the surface, deeper into the body
That is not particularly tough, it just gets confusing when you're trying to use the same terms to describe where two body parts are 'from each other'.
I stepped away and went on to comp homework, then I came back. Let me know how this sounds: 7 is A, Proximal- the back of the knee is toward the attatchment of the limb; 8 is D, Distal -- your butt is away from the point of origin in reference to the abdomen; 9 is B, Lateral - your cheek is on the side of your nose.
I stepped away and went on to comp homework, then I came back. Let me know how this sounds: 7 is A, Proximal- the back of the knee is toward the attatchment of the limb; 8 is D, Distal -- your butt is away from the point of origin in reference to the abdomen; 9 is B, Lateral - your cheek is on the side of your nose.
*pop* My head exploded!
Hope you're able to get your head back on! lol I agree with your answers except to 8, which I would say should be posterior -- the gluteal is on the back and the abdomen is on the front. Looks like you are on the right track .. we all just need to practice practice practice .. I agree that the theory is a lot easier than when it has to transfer to actual body parts! GL!
Hope you're able to get your head back on! lol I agree with your answers except to 8, which I would say should be posterior -- the gluteal is on the back and the abdomen is on the front. Looks like you are on the right track .. we all just need to practice practice practice .. I agree that the theory is a lot easier than when it has to transfer to actual body parts! GL!
Thanks Kayel! I'm betting you're right on number 8. I appreciate you pointing it out. I've found that once I know an answer, it's like, duh!!! And it sticks to my head.
Thanks Kayel! I'm betting you're right on number 8. I appreciate you pointing it out. I've found that once I know an answer, it's like, duh!!! And it sticks to my head.
This website is such a life saver!
No problem! I actually answered your problems at first and then erased them because I thought maybe that wasn't what you meant (like just wanted more of an explanation or something lol). It seems new and strange to me too and sometimes hard to get my head around!
Wow, I am seeing how this course sucks up a lot of time! I have so many books pertaining to this one it's crazy. I was just noticing that everytime I'm doing reading, it's for this course in the past week. Guess I'll have to force myself to the other courses as well, huh? LOL It's just kind of hard because I'm really paranoid I'm going to fall behind and not understand something .. an irrational fear.
Right now I'm starting to go over my Intro to Chem for Biology Students books. I'm just going to do a few pages and then move on back to Nutrition.
Anyway, it just struck me as I was opening this book and thinking about going to the library today -- a trip also geared toward getting class information from the computer system. Hmmmm
How is everyone faring? What is the testing schedule for your course? I was a tad disappointed that our tests weren't more regular and often but that just sounds crazy when I typed it there. lol
As I stated before, our tests are not cumulative. Once we're done with Tissue's- we're done with Tissues etc..
I haven't spent that much time reading for a/p the past 2 days, I'm trying to get through my psych book....I attended an extra chem review so I'm okay with the chapter we're suppose to read for Lecture Monday. I'll probably read it tomorrow
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Awesome thread, Kayel. Thanks!
Ok. I need help, I hope this is the right thread. If not, please feel free to move my question. Thanks. :)
I am so dang lost when it comes to body direction in relation to two body areas! I understand body direction as it stands alone and I know where all the body areas are... but for some reason I can't grasp it!
For example,
7)The Popliteal is ________________ to the Tarsal
A) Proximal B) Distal
C) MedialD) Lateral
My first guess was contrilateral, on opposite sides of the body... back of knee/front of ankle... but that isn't an option. It could be distal because the popliteal is closer to the fingers than the tarsal? Huh!? I'm lost.
Here are two more examples. These are off of a practice test. The more I try to wrap my mind around it, the more confused I get. Any help would be appreciated.
8)The Gluteal is ________________ to the Abdomen
A) AnteriorB) Lateral
C) PosteriorD) Distal
9)The Buccal is ________________ to the nose
A) MedialB) Lateral
C) DistalD) Proximal
Thank you,
Cristina