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Body MedTerm

Planes, quadrants, regions, directional/positional terms, cavities

TermDefinition
coronal/frontal plane slices the body into front and back
sagittal/longitudinal plane; median plane slices the body into left and right
parasagittal line half of the median plane on both sides of the body; slices near the medial part of the armpit down to the middle of the foot
RUQ (right upper quadrant) contains: liver, right lobe, gallbladder, bile duct, transverse colon (cut), and ascending colon
LUQ (left upper quadrant) contains: left lobe, stomach (cut) spleen, duodenum, pancreas, pancreatic duct, and descending colon
RLQ (right lower quadrant) contains: cecum, vermiform appendix
LLQ (left lower quadrant) contains: small intestine, rectum, anus
Right Hypochondriac region top right (patient's view) of the body regions
Left Hypochondriac region top left (patient's view) of the body regions
Right Lumbar region middle right (patient's view) of the body regions
Left lumbar region middle left (patient's view) of the body regions
Right inguinal/iliac region bottom right (patient's view) of the body regions
Left inguinal/iliac region bottom left (patient's view) of the body regions
Epigastric region top middle region
Umbilical region center region
Hypogastric (pubic) region bottom middle region
Cranial towards the head
caudal towards the feet
anterior/ventral towards the front
posterior/dorsal towards the back
Superior above
Inferior below
medial towards median plane
proximal towards the body attachment site
distal away from body attachment site
lateral away from median plane
cranial cavity the brain, skull
dorsal cavity the back side
spinal cavity vertebrae and spine
thoracic cavity the chest
abdominal cavity abdomen
pelvic cavity below abdominal cavity; pelvis
abdominal-pelvic includes both abdomen and pelvic cavities
ventral cavity front side
Created by: CarlyStrahm
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