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66 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body; above
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superior
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away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below
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inferior
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toward or at the front of the body; in front of
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anterior
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toward or at the backside of the body; behind
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posterior
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toward or at the midline of the body; on the innner side of
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medial
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away from the midline of the body; on the inner side
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lateral
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between a more medial and a more lateral structure
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intermediate
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close to the original of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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proximal
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farther from the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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distal
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toward or at the body surface
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superficial
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way from the body surface; more internal
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deep
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anterior body trunk inferiorto to ribs
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abdominal
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point of shoulder
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acrominal
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anterior surface of elbow
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antecubital
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armpit
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axillary
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arm
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brachial
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cheek area
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buccal
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wrist
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carpal
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neck region
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cervical
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hip
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coxal
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leg
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crural
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fingers; toes
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digital
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thigh
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femoral
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lateral part of leg
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fibular
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area where thigh meets body trunk; groin
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inguinal
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nose area
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nasal
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mouth
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oral
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eye area
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oral
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snterior knee
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patellar
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area overlying the pelvis anteriorly
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pelvic
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genital region
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pubic
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breastbone area
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sternal
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ankle region
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tarsal
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chest
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thoracic
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naval
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umbilical
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head
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cephalic
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curve of shoulder formed by large deltoid muscle
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deltoid
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buttock
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gluteal
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area of back between ribs and hips
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lumbar
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posterior surface of head
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occipital
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popliteal
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posterior knee area
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area between hips
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sacral
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shoulder blade region
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scaoular
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the posterior surface of lower leg; the calf
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sural
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area of spine
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vertebral
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cut
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section
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when the section is made through the body wall or through an organ, it is made along an imaginary line
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plane
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cut made along the lengthwise, or longitudinal, plane of the body, dividing the body into right and left parts
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sagittal section
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cut made down the median plane of the body and the right and left parts are equal in size
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median (midsagittal) section
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a cut made along a lengthwise plane that divides the body 9or an organ into anterior and posterior parts
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frontal (coronal) plane
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cut made along a horizontal plane, dividing the body organ into superior and inferior parts
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tranverse section
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has two subdvisions, which are continous with each other; pertaning to the back, posterior
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dorsal body cavity
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is the space inside the bony skull
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cranial cavity
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extends from the cranial cavity nearly to the end of the vertebral column
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spinal cavity
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larger than the dorsal cavity. it contains all the structures within the chest and abdomen. it anterior or front
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ventral cavity
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is seperated from the reast of the ventral cavity by a dome-shaped muscle; the chest; (lungs, heart, and other)
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thoracic cavity
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any partition or wall seperating one area from another. a muscle that seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity
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diaphragm
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cavity inferior to the diamphragm
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abdominopelvis
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containing the stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs
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abdominal cavity
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reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum
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pelvic cavity
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is the centermost region, dep to an surrounding the umbilicuz( navel).
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unbilical region
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is lcated superior to the umbilical region; above stomach
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epigastric region
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is inferior to the umbilical region; below
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hypogastric region
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are lateral to the hyposgastric region; superior part od the hip bone
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right or left iliac or inguinal region
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lie lateral to the umbilical region
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right or left lumbar region
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FLANK THE EPIGASTRIC REGION AND CONTAIN THE LOWER RIBS; cartilage
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right and left hypochondriac regions
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