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What do the meninges protect

Brain and spinal cord

What means pertaining to back of body

Posterior or dorsal

What is the popliteal

Fold of the knee

What is the midline

Line of sagittal plan

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

Anter/o

Front (side of body)

Brachi/o

Arm

Caud/o

Tail

Cephal/o

Head

Cervic/o

Neck

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Crani/o

Skull

Cubit/o

Elbow

Dist/o

Farthest (away from beginning of structure)

Dors/o

Back (sode of body)

Femor/o

Femur (thigh bone)

Gastr/o

Stomach

Genit/o

Genitals

Glute/o

Buttocks

Ili/o

Illium (part of pelvis)

Infer/o

Below, lower

Inguin/o

Groin

Later/o

Side

Lumb/o

Low back

Medi/o

Middle

Nas/o

Nose

Or/o

Mouth

Orbit/o

Eye socket

Ot/o

Ear

Patell/o

Patella

Pelv/o

Pelvis

Poster/o

Back (side of body)

proxim/o

nearest (to beginning of structure)

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

spin/o

spine

stern/o

sternum (breast bone)

super/o

above, upper

thorac/o

chest

ventr/o

belly (side of body)

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-iac

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

ante-

before, in front of

epi-

above

hypo-

below, insufficient

retro-

behind

Three planes of human body

frontal (or coronal) plane


sagittal plane


transverse plane



What is a section

2 dimensional view of body along one plane

What is the longitudinal section of a plane/body

produced by lengthwise slice along long axis of structure.

Most direction terms are what kind of medical term

Latin

deep means

away from surface

superficial means

nearer to surface

prone means

to lie face down

supine means

to lie face up

axillary means

refers to the underarm area

lower extremity means

refers to the entire leg

upper extremity

refers to the entire arm

palmar

refers to palm of the hand

plantar

refers to sole of the foot

popliteal

refers to back of the knee

trunk

refers to the torso

umbilical

refers to area around navel

What are the 4 body cavities

Dorsal cavities: Cranial cavity, Spinal cavity


Ventral cavities: Thoracic cavity, Abdominopelvic cavity

Describe the Thoracic Cavity

Superior to Adbominopelvic cavity


Enclosed by ribs and separtated from abdominopelvic cavity by diaphragm muscle.


Contains lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea, aorta, and thymus gland

Describe the abdominopelvic cavity

Inferior to Thoracic Cavity


Subdivided into abdominal and pelvic cavities w/ no clear structure indication where one stops and the other begins.


Organs protected by membrane covering called the peritoneum.


Contains stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, and portions of colon and intestine.



What major abdominopelvic organ lies outside the peritoneum

Kidneys

What are the different methods of subdividing the abdominopelvic cavity

Clinical divisions- four equal quadrants


anatomical divisions- 9 sections, looks like tic tac toe