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Lab RepoRt assistant
This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions, diagrams if needed, and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor.
obseRvations
What is the purpose of this exercise?
Are there any safety concerns associated with this exercise? If so, list what they are and what precautions should be taken.
Exercise 1: Anatomical Position
Question
A. Explain why it is important to have a universally accepted anatomical position when studying the structure of humans.
In order to minimize any error or confusion, “directional terminology begins with a certain assumption about the position of the body under consideration.
Exercise 2: Surface Anatomy
Questions
A. Review Figure 3. Complete the table by placing each letter from the figure next to its corresponding body landmark.
Figure 1: Anatomical landmarks Body Landmark
Letter
1. Sural
K
2. Popliteal
D
3. Tarsal
E
4. Calcaneal
L
5. Brachial
F
6. Cranial
A
7. Acromial
H
8. Buccal
B
9. Axillary
C
10. Olecranal
I
11. Occipital
G
12. Lumbar
J
B. Mr. Shmelgenbelcher has had a rough day. He woke up with a pain in his cervical region. He fell off his bike and bruised his crural region. He pulled a muscle in his inguinal region and was whacked by a revolving door in his