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Anatomy in Greek

Ana-"Up"


Tome-"Cutting"

Histology

Microscopic Anatomy

Cytology

Cellular Anatomy

Gross

Macroscopic Anatomy

Embryology

Developmental Anatomy

Teratology

Disorders during development

Pathology

Diseases (natural and environmental)

Superior

Above

Cranial

Towards Head

Inferior

Below

Caudal

Toward Tail

Anterior

Front

Ventral

Away From Backbone

Posterior

Back

Dorsal

Toward Backbone

Medial

Toward the midline of the body

Lateral

Away from the midline of the body

Proximal

Closer to the reference point

Distal

Distant to the reference point

R. & L.

Refer to the subject right/left (not yours!)

Mid-sagittal

divides body into equal R/L halves

Para-sagittal

divides body into R/L portions

Coronal

divides body into ant./post. portions

Transverse

divides body into sup./inf. portions

Anatomical Position: Humans

Body is erect, head faces front, arms against body, palms/toes point forward

Anatomical Position: Quadruped

body stands of all four legs, toes pointing forward, head face front, tail/neck outstretched.

Body Cavities

Protect Organs & Restrict Organ Motion

Left Upper Quadrant

Pancreas, Kidney, Spleen, Gut/Stomach, Liver

Right-Upper Quadrant:

Liver & Gall Bladder, Kidney, Gut

Left-Lower Quadrant:

Gut, Ureter, (Ovary, Uterus, & Bladder)

Right-Lower Quadrant:

Gut, Ureter, (Ovary, Uterus, & Bladder)

Thoracic Cavity

Lungs, Heart, Trachea, Esophagus, Thymus, Aorta

Pleural Cavity

Lungs (2)

Pericardial Cavity

Heart

Pericardial Cavity

Heart

Mediastinum

Trachea, Esophagus, Thymus, Aorta

Dorsal Cavity

Brain, Brain Stem, & Spinal Cord

Abdominal Wall & Cavity Division

L & R Hypochondriac


L & R Lumbar


L & R Iliac


Epigastric


Umbilical


Hypogastric

Hippocrates says:

(400 BC Greece) Disease is Natural

Aristotle says:

(310 BC Greece) Humans are animals

Galen's Job:

(170 AD Greek in Rome) Surgeon

Vesalius

(1540) wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Epithelia

Sheets of Cell