What is anatomical position?
body is erect
hands and feet slightly apart
toes and head pointed forwards
palms forwards with arms held out slightly at sides
What is superior?
toward the head
What is inferior?
away from the head
What is proximal?
closer to the origin of the body part
What is distal?
farther away from the origin of the body part
What is superficial?
toward the surface of the body
What is deep?
away from the surface of the body
Axial includes what?
head
neck
trunk
Appendicular refers to what?
the limbs
Anterior
to the front of the body
posterior
to the back of the body
ventral
to the front of the body
dorsal
to the back of the body
cephalic
toward the head
caudal
closer to the tailbone
ipsilateral
on the same side of the body
contralateral
on the opposite side of the body
Midline
plane dividing the body down the middle into right and left halves
Lateral
away from the vertical midline of the body
Medial
toward the vertical midline of the body
Coronal
divides body into anterior and posterior portions
Sagitall
divides the body into right and left planes
transverse
divides the body into superior and inferior portions
Longitudinal
parallel to the long axis of a structure or organ
Cross section
cut at a right angle
oblique section
interests the long axis at anything other than a right angle
antebrachial
forearm
anticubital
front of elbow
axillary
armpit
brachial
upper arm
Oral
mouth
Cardiac
Heart
Cervical
neck
Cutaneous
skin
deltoid
shoulder
femoral
thigh
frontal
forehead
gastric
stomach
gluteal
buttocks
hepatic
liver
iliac/coxal
hip
inguinal
groin
lumbar
small of back
mammary
breast
Nasal
nose
occipital
back of the head
orbital
eye
palmar
palm
patellar
kneecap
pectoral
chest
pedal
foot
plantar
sole of the foot
popliteal
back of the knee
pulmonary
lungs
renal
kidney
sacral
base of spine
scapular
shoulder blade
temporal
side of the head
umilical
navel
acromial
point of shoulder
Carpel
wrist
pollex
thumb
digital
fingers and toes
Crural
leg
Tarsal
ankle
Hullux
greater toe
Fibular/ peroneal
side of leg
sternal
breast bone
Mental
chin
buccal
cheek
manus
hand
Otic
ear
Olecranal
back of elbow
perineal
region between anus and genitals
sural
calf
calcaneal
heel
the ventral cavity is divided into two sub categories. what are they?
Thorasic and abdominal pelvic
the pelvic cavity contains what organs?
bladder
reproductive
anus
What contains the pericardial cavity?
mediastinum
What lines the pleural cavities and covers the lungs?
Pleura
What lines the peritoneal cavity and covers the abdominal organs?
Peritoneum
What covers the heart and lines the pericardial cavity?
pericardium
What kind of membrane lines the opening to the body cavity?
mucous
what kind of membrane lines cavities not open to the outside?
Serous membrane
what lines internal body walls?
parietal serosa
What covers the internal organs?
visceral serosa
name the 4 abdominalpelvic quadrants?
Right upper and lower
Left upper and lower
what are the 9 regions of the abdominopelvic region?
R and L hypochodriac
R and L lumbar
R and L iliac
epigastric
hypogastric
umbilical