Anatomical terminology and positions — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Identify the spinal cord section characterized by the presence of lateral horns and relatively small ventral/dorsal horns (lack of limb enlargements):

Answer: Thoracic

Extra: The thoracic spinal cord (T1-L2) is distinguished by the presence of the lateral horn (intermediolateral cell column) and the Nucleus Dorsalis of Clarke. It has relatively small ventral and dorsal horns compared to the cervical and lumbar enlargements, as it does not provide motor innervation to the limbs.

Flashcard 2: The _____ region of the stomach is thick-walled and includes the distal body and antrum

Answer: caudad

Flashcard 3: The _____ region of the stomach is thin-walled and includes the fundus and proximal body

Answer: orad

Flashcard 4: Osteoblastoma typically arises in _____ (body location)

Answer: vertebrae

Flashcard 5: The superior rectal artery is a branch of the _____ artery

Answer: inferior mesenteric

Flashcard 6: Biceps tendon injury and rupture typically occur following sudden extension of a _____ elbow while contracting the biceps

Answer: flexed

Flashcard 7: What is the inferior border of the inguinal (Hesselbach) triangle? _____

Answer: Inguinal (Poupart) ligament

Flashcard 8: What are anatomical locations that receive blood supply from the most distal branches of 2 arteries with limited collateral vascularity known as?_____

Answer: Watershed areas (border zones)

Flashcard 9: What is the lateral border of the inguinal (Hesselbach) triangle? _____

Answer: Inferior epigastric vessels

Flashcard 10: At which spinal level are disc herniations most likely to occur?

Answer: between L4-L5, L5-S1