Question | Answer |
What is the Cephalic region? | Head region |
What is the Occipital region? | Back of the head (Nerves) |
What is the Cervical region? | Neck |
What is the Thoracic region? | Chest |
What is the Pectoral region? | Breast (Surface of the chest) |
What is the shoulder regions for bone and muscle? 2 answers | Deltoid (muscle) and Acromial (bone) |
What is the region for the Shoulder blade? | Scapular |
What region is the armpit? | Axillary |
What is the Brachial region? | Arm |
What is the region for the forearm? | Antebrachial |
What is the region for the elbow? | Cubital |
What is the Digital region? | Wrist |
What is the Palmar region? | Palm |
What is the Pedal region? | Foot |
What is the Plantar region? | sole of foot |
What is the region from the ribs to the bottom of trunk.? | Abdominal |
What is the region where the thigh meets trunk (groin)? | Inguinal |
What is the Femoral (bone) region? | thigh |
What region is the Patellar? | Popliteus (behind the knee) |
What region is the Popliteal? | Behind the knee |
What is the Crural region? | The leg |
What region would be the calf (back of leg)? | Sural |
How many quadrants are there in the abdominal cavity? name them | There are four quadrants in the abdomen (quad meaning four) they are:
* Right upper quadrant:liver/gallbladder
* Left upper quadrant:spleen
* Right lower quadrant:appendix
* Left lower quadrant:descending colon |
Why are the concepts of body quadrants and body regions critical when it comes to the medical field? | to keep from having an error in surgery |
Why are body quadrants and body regions critical when it comes to the medical field? | they are standardized medical terms commonly used to reference numerous body situations from symptoms such as pain to disease to injury, etc. |
What is the difference between the body regions and the body quadrants? | Quadrants refers to the torso only. |
What are the abdominopelvic regions of the human body?part 1 | Umbilical Region the centermost region surroundin the umbilicus(naval).Epigastic Region superior to the umbilical region (epi=upon,above;gasti=belly)Hypogastric (pubic) Region inferior to the umbilical region (hypo = below). |
What are the abdominopelvic regions of the human body?part 2 | Right&Left Iliac/Inguinal, Regions lateral to the hypogastric region (iliac=superior part of the hip bone)Right&Left Lumbar lie lateral to the umbilical region (lumbus=loin). Right&Left Hypochondriac R&L epiqastric region laterally (chondro= cartilage). |
Starting from left to right, top to bottom, in anatomical position, name the to 9 body regions. | R hypochondriac, epigastric, L hypochondriac, R lumbar, umblical, L lumar, R iliac, hypogastric, L iliac. |
What does the abdominal cavity contain? | Intestines, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas |
Name the two main body cavities and their regions. | DORSAL: Contains cranial and vertebrae cavities.
VENTRAL: Contains Thoracic.
Abdimino-pelvic, which contains abdominal and pelvic cavities |
Superior | Above
e.g the nose is superior to the chin |
Inferior | Below
e.g. the stomach is inferior to the head. |
Medial | Toward the midline
e.g. the sternum is medial to the shoulders. |
Lateral | Towards the side
e.g. the ears are lateral to the nose. |
Superficial | Towards the surface
e.g the skin is superficial to the heart |
Deep | Towards the core
e.g. the lungs are deep to the ribs |
Ventral or Anterior | To the front
e.g. the toes are ventral/anterior tothe heel |
Dorsal or Posterior | To the back
e.g. the spine is dorsal/posterior to the sternum |
Proximal | For extremities, meaning near the trunk
e.g. the elbow is proximal to the wrist |
Distal | For extremities, meaning away from the trunk
e.g. the toes are distal to the knee |
Anatomical position | body upright, facing forward, arms and legs straight, palms facing forward,feet flat on the ground, and eyes wide open. |
What differs between a dog and humans anatomical positioning? | dogs are quadrupeds, therefor their view is later, thereas humans are at an Anterior view. |
Dorsal body cavity | cranial and vertebrae cavities |
Ventral body cavity | thoracic cavity, diaphragm, abdominal and pelvic cavities |
Thoracic cavity | Pleural and pericardial cavities, diaphragm, mediastinum |
Abdominopelvic cavity | abdominal and pelvic cavities |
What is the mediastinum? | the space between the lungs |
What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity? | The diaphragm |
What separates the abdominal cavity from the pelvic cavity | THERE IS NO PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THESE TWO CAVITIES. |
What does the pelvic cavity contain? | Urinary and genital structures |