Question | Answer |
What is Anatomy | The field of study that describes the location, appearance and relationships of body parts. |
What is Physiology? | Explains the mechanisms that operate the body activities |
Superior | Above- my head is superior to my feet |
Inferior | Below |
Anterior | front |
Posterior | behind |
Superficial | closer to the core |
Deep | further from the core |
Medial | Middle my heart is medial to my lungs |
Peripheral | side |
Isolateral | same side |
contralateral | different sides |
Dorsal | back |
Ventral | stomach |
prone | face down |
supine | face up |
Make a Transverse Cut | ____________________________ |
make a mid-sagital cut | ! |
Make a frontal or coronal cut | / |
Nose | Nasal |
Eye | Orbital |
Mouth | Oral |
cheek | buccal |
forehead | Frontal |
chin | mental |
cervical | neck |
point of shoulder | acrominal |
armpit | xillary |
abdomen | abdominal |
arm | brachial |
forearm | antebrachial |
pelvis | pelvic |
wrist | carpal |
thumb | pollex |
plam | palmar |
Finger | digits |
front of elbow | antecubital |
genital region | pubic |
anterior knee | patellar |
leg | crural |
ankle | Tarsal |
toes | digital |
breastbone | sternal |
chest | Thoracic |
breast | mammary |
navel | umbillical |
hip | coxal |
groin | inguinal |
thigh | femoral |
side leg | fibular |
great toe | hallux |
foot | pedal |
head | cephalic |
ear | otic |
baack of head or base of skull | occipital |
spinal column | vertebra; |
shoulder blade | scapular |
back of elbow | cubital |
loin (lower back) | lumbar |
between hips | sacral |
buttock | gluteal |
region b/w anus and external genitalia | perineal |
back of knee | popliteal |
calf | sural |
heal | calcaneal |
sole | plantar |
hand | manual/manus |
what is in the right hypochondraic region? | Liver and the gallbladder, which is behind the liver |
What is in the right lumbar region? | The ascending colon...large intestine |
what is in the lower iliac (inquinal) region? | The appendix |
what is in the epigastric region? | Liver and stomach |
What is in the umbilical Region | transverse colon ( Large intestine, small intestine |
what is in the hypogastric region? | Urinary Bladder |
is the Kidney anterior or to the intestines? | posterior |
What is the word for lungs? | Pleural |
Name two organs in thoraxic cavity aside from heart and lungs? | Trachea and esophagus |
What divides the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities | Diaphragm |
Name two organs in the abdominopelvic cavities | stomach and spleen |
Cavaties: C Vanessa throw Diggy Across A Plane | Cranial:Contains the brain
Vertebral:spinal cord and beginning of spinal nerves
Thoracic:Chest cavity that contains the Pleural and pericardial and mediastinum
Diaphragm:
Abdominopelvic:subdivided into Abdominal and Pelvic cavities
Abdominal:Conatins |
Viscera | Organ |
2 major divisions of the body | Axial and Appendicular |
Axial | 2 divisions: Dorsal and Ventral |
Dorsal | 2 parts:Cranial( Brain)
vertebral (spine COrd) |
Ventral | Thoracic and Abdominopelvic |
Thoracic | Divides into three parts: Pleural, Mediastinum , Pericardial |
PleuralCaity | cavity around the lungs |
Mediastinum Cavity | central portion of the thoracic cavity between the lungs |
Pericardial Cavity | Cavity that surrounds the heart |
AbdominalPelvic | divides into 2: Abdominal and Pelvic |
Abdominal Cavity | Stomach, Pancreas, Spleen, Liver, Kidneys |
Pelvic Cavity | Bladder, colon, reproductive organs |
Visceral Pericardial | On the heart |
Visceral Pleural | on the lungs |
Visceral Peritoneal | on the organs (Stomach, Liver) |
Parietal Pericardial | Heart Cavity |
Parietal Pleural | Lung Cavity |
Parietal Peritoneal | Abdominopelvic cavity |