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Regional Anatomy
Regional Anatomy Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| frontal | forehead |
| nasal | nose |
| orbital | eye |
| mental | chin |
| buccal | cheek |
| cervical | neck |
| thoracic | chest |
| acromial | shoulder |
| axillary | armpit |
| brachial | arm |
| antebrachial | forearm |
| carpal | 8 bones in wrist |
| manus | hand |
| palmer | palm |
| pollex | thumb |
| digital | fingers/toes |
| coxal | hip |
| inguinal | groin |
| femoral | thigh, upper part of leg |
| patellar | knee cap |
| popliteal | back of knee |
| crural | leg |
| sural | calf |
| peroneal/fibular | side of your leg |
| tarsal | ankle |
| metatarsal | top of foot |
| plantar | bottom of foot |
| hallux | big toe |
| perineal | place between vaginia and anus |
| dorsal | cranial and vetebral (back) |
| ventral | thoracic, abdominal and pelvic |
| head | oral, nasal, orbital, middle ear |
| synovial | surround every moveable point in your body. Your joints will not move w/o this type of fluid. |
| itis | (words ending in) inflamation of |
| membranes | serous-require lubrication, parietal-gas, bloating, visceral-area surrounding lungs. |
| abdominal | umbilical |
| antecubital | inside elbow |
| olecranal | elbow |
| calcaneal | back side of ankle |
| mammary | breast |
| sternal | breast bone - area between breasts |
| oral | mouth |
| pubic | genital |
| metacarpal | back side of hand |
| pedal | foot |
| gluteal | buttox |
| sacral | is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine |
| lumbar | are the largest and strongest in the movable part of the spinal column, In most mammals, this region of the spine curves outward. |
| vertebral | spine |
| scapular | shoulder blade |
| occipital | back of head |
| otic | ear |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| transverse plane | runs horizontally from right to left |
| median (midsagittal) plane | a plane that lies exactly in the midline |
| frontal plane | lie vertical dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts |
| frontal section | through torso |
| transverse section | through torso, inferior view |
| median section | midsagittal (lower middle part of body) |