3.5 Flashcards
What is the cut or slice that exposes internal anatomy?
Section.
What are the three planes?
Frontal plane, cross sectional plane and sagittal plane.
What plane divides anterior(front) and posterior (back)?
Frontal/coronal.
What plane cuts the body left and right equally?
Median/midsagittal.
What plane cuts parts of the body equally?
Sagittal.
What plane divides body into superior(up) and inferior(down) parts?
Transvers planes.
What are the directional terms for the body?
-up down
-front back
-middle seperate
-limb close limb far
-superior inferior
-anterior posterior
-medial lateral
-proximal distal
What are the two regional anatomy terms?
Axial regional, describes head neck and trunk(main vertical axis of the body).
Appendicular regional, upper and lower limbs.
What are the two directional terms?
Superficial (closest to outside).
Deep(the farthest inside the body).
What are the two cavities?
Dorsal and ventral.
What are the two main subdivision of the dorsal cavities?
Cranial(brain) and vertebral(spinal cord).
What are three subdivisions of the ventral cavities?
Thoracic (heart/lungs), abdominal(digestive viscera) and pelvic cavity(bladder, reproductive and rectum)
What surrounds the cranial cavity?
Skull bones(braincase)
Start surrounds the vertebral cavity?
Vertebral canal.
What surrounds the thoracic cavity?
Ribs and muscles of chest walls.