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Anatomical Regions, planes, cavities

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Vocabulary Word
Definition
diaphram   separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity  
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axial region   head, neck and trunk - main vertical axis of the body  
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appendicular region   appendages or limbs attached to axial region  
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Posterior Aspect   Includes the cranial cavity (brain) and the vertebral (spinal cord) canal  
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Ventral Cavity   formed from the coelom in the embryo, divided into Thoracic and Abdominopelvic cavities, lined with serous membrane.  
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What are the layers in the serous membrane and what do they cover?   parietal layer which covers the internal surface of the body wall and the visceral layer that covers the organs. Between layers is the serous cavity (potential space)  
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Mediastinum   median space in the thoracic cavity that contains the heart, thymus, esophagus and trachea  
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Pericardium   serous membrane around the heart. Parietal pericardium lines the cavity and visceral pericardium lines the heart with a pericardium cavity between the two layers.  
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Proximal   The end of a structure of the extremities located closest to the trunk.  
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Peritoneum   serous membrane around the abdominopelvic region. Parietal peritoneum lines the cavity and visceral peritoneum lines the organs with a peritoneum cavity between the two layers.  
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Epigastric Region   superior region in the middle column of the abdominal cavity. Contains part of liver, partial stomach, and duodenum, part of pancreas and both adrenal glands  
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Umbilical Region   middle region in the middle column of the abdominal cavity. Contains the transverse colon, serous membrane around the heart. Parietal pericardium lines the cavity and visceral pericardium lines the heart with a pericardium cavity between the two layers, part of small intestine and blood vessels leading to lower limbs  
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Hypogastric region   inferior region in middle column of abdominal cavity. Contains the part of small intestine, the bladder, and sigmoid colon of large intestine.  
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Right Hypochondriac   superior and lateral to Epigastric region in abdominal region. Contains part of liver, gallbladder, and part of right kidney  
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Left Hypochondriac   superior and lateral to Epigastric region in abdominal cavity. Contains part of stomach, the spleen, part of large intestine, and part of left kidney  
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Right Lumbar Region   middle region, lateral to the umbilical region in the abdominal cavity . Contains the ascending colon, part of large intestine, superior part of cecum, and part of right kidney and part of small intestine  
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Left Lumbar Region   middle region, lateral to the umbilical region in the abdominal cavity . Contains the descending colon, and part of left kidney and part of small intestine  
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Right Iliac Region   inferior region lateral to the Hypogastric region in the abdominal cavity. Contains the inferior end of cecum, the appendix, part of small intestine  
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Left Iliac Region   inferior region lateral to the Hypogastric region in the abdominal cavity. Contains the junction part of the colons and part of small intestine  
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Prone   Facing downward (lying on abdomen)  
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HOMEOSTASIS   GOOD HEALTH  
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ventral cavity   consists of two compartments thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity.  
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thoracic cavity   heart contained in the medistinum and lungs on left and right side  
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plane   imaginary flat surface that seperates two portions of the body  
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frontal section   a plane from side to side that seperates the body into front to back  
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sagittal section   a plane from front to back that seperates the body into right and left portions  
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transverse section   a horizontal plane seperates the body into upper and lower portions  
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