Question | Answer |
Anatomical Position | The body is erect, palms face forward, and thumbs point away from the body. |
Axial | includes head,neck,and trunk. |
Appendicular | Upper and lower limbs and their girdles. |
Body Planes | flat surfaces at right angles to each other. |
Sagittal | separate the body into left and right sides. |
Midsagittal | separates the body into equal left and right sides. |
Frontal | separates the body into anterior and posterior parts. |
transverse or horizontal | Divides the body into superior and inferior part |
Body Sections | Cuts along specific planes |
Transverse or cross section | Cut along the transverse plane |
Oblique | Cuts at angles between the horizontal and vertical planes |
Body cavities and membranes | Spaces within the body that are closed to the outside and contain internal organs |
Dorsal Cavity, cranial and vertebral or spinal cavity | contains central nervous system. |
Cranial (skull) | Brain |
Vertebral(vertebral column) | Spinal cord |
Thoracic Ventral | Lungs,heart,esophagus,trachea,thymus gland and separated by the diaphragm |
Abdominal cavity | upper portion;stomach,kidneys,liver,spleen,gallbladder,and most of the small and large intestine |
pelvic cavities | terminal end of the large intestine, bladder,internal reproductive organs |
oral cavity | Teeth and tongue |
Nasal Cavity | Nose,divided by a nasal septum and connected to sinuses |
Orbital Cavities | Eyes and associated muscles and nerves |
Middle ear | Middle ear bones |
Parietal serosa | lines body cavity wallas are named for the specific cavities |
Visceral Serosa | cover outer surfaces of organs |
Serous fluid | Fluid found between membranes to allow for movement without a lot of friction |