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