Surface Anatomy Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Superior | above/toward head or upper body structure |
| Inferior | below/away from head, lower part of structure(LIVER LATERAL TO LUNG) |
| Anterior | front/nearer to front of body |
| Posterior | back/nearer to or at the back of body |
| Medial | nearer to the midline |
| Lateral | farther from the midline (LUNG LATERAL TO HEART) |
| Cephalad | toward the head |
| Caudal | toward the tail |
| Dorsal | back (cranial cavity-BRAIN) |
| Ventral | belly side |
| Proximal | near (elbow is proximal to the wrist) |
| distal | away from (elbow is distal to shoulder) |
| Sagittal | divides body into (left & right sections)LONGITUDINAL!!!! |
| frontal | divides body into anterior and posterior sections) |
| transverse/horizontal or cross section | (think of magician cutting assistant in half) |
| BODY CAVITIES/spinal/vertebral | spinal cord |
| ventral-thoracic | 2-pleual cavities (EACH LUNG) |
| pericardial | fluid filled space surrounding heart |
| mediastinum | all chest organs EXCEPT LUNGS |
| PARIETAL | lines cavity |
| VISCERAL PLEURA | LINES ORGAN |
| ABDOMINOPELVIC REGIONS | hypochondriac, epigastric, lumbar, umbilical, iliac & hypogastric |
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Denice
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