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28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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When the body is standing erect,face forward,arms on the side and the toes & palms forward?
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Anatomical Position
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When a part is above another part or is closer to the head?
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Superior
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The head is superior to the chest meaning the head is located above the chest!
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When a part is located below another part or is closer to the feet?
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Inferior
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The chest is inferior to the head because the chest is located below the head!
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Means toward the front surface of the body?
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Anterior
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The belly area/surface & the heart is Anterior to the spinal cord! Means ventral also.
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Means toward the back surface of the body?
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Posterior
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The heart is posterior to the breast bone and another word for dorsal!
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Towards the middle of body & Midline point of body dividing it into left & right halves?
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Medial
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The nose is medial to the ears because it is located in the middle!
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Means away from the midline Of the body?
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Lateral
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Ears are lateral to the nose!
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Means structure/body part is near the trunk (main part) of the body or is closer to the point of attachment?
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Proximal
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Elbow is proximal to the wrist because the elbow os closer to the trunk than the wrist!
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Mean the body part is further away from the trunk or point of attachment?
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Distal
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Wrist is distal to the elbow and the fingers are distal to the wrist!
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Body part located near/on the surface of the body?
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Superficial
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Skin is located close/near to the muscles!
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Body part is away from the surface of the body?
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Deep
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The bones are far/deep from the skin
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Body part is located in the center?
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Central
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Heart is located in the center!
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Means body part is away from the center?
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Peripheral
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Blood vessels are located away from the center and extend toward the limbs!
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Name the 3 Plane/Sections of the body?
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1. Sagittal Plane
2. Frontal Plane 3. Transverse Plane |
Sections of the body!
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Describe the Sagittal, Frontal and Transverse Planes?
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Sagittal: left & right
Frontal: front & back Transverse: upper & lower |
Plane & Sections of the body!
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Another word used for Organs & located within the cavities of the body?
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Viscera
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Cavities are large internal spaces!
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Two major cavities in the body are?
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Dorsal & Ventral Cavities
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One cavity located in the back & the other located in the front of the body
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This cavity is located towards the back and haves a division of a cranial & spinal cavity?
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Dorsal Cavity
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This cavity is located within the skull and contains the brain?
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Cranial Cavity
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This cavity is extended down from the cranial & contains the spinal cord?
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Spinal Cavity
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This cavity is larger than the Dorsal Cavity and located in the front and divided into the Thoracic and Abdominopelvic cavities?
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Ventral Cavity
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This cavity is located above the diaphragm & the lungs occupy most of the space in this cavity?
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Thoracic Cavity
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A space that contains the heart, esophagus, trachea, thymus gland and large blood vessels attached to the heart?
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Mediatinum
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This cavity is inferior (below) to the to the diaphragm?
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Abdominepelvic Cavity
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The upper portion of this cavity is called the abdominal cavity!
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This is the upper portion of abdominepelvic cavity that contains the stomach, intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas,spleen and the kidneys?
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Abdominal Cavity
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Lower portion of the abdominepelvic cavity and contains rectum, urinary bladder and internal part of reproductive
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Pelvic Cavity
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Extends downward from the level of the hips!
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The abdominepelvic is subddivided into smalle areas called the 4 _________?
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Quadrants
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Name the positions of the 4 Quadrants?
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1. Right upper Quad
2. Left upper Quad 3. Right lower Quad 4. Left lower Quad |
Ex: Liver is located in the right upper Quadrant!
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