ANATOMICAL LANGUAGE Flashcards
Orbital
Eye
Buccal
Mouth
Cervical
Neck
Thoracic
Chest
Axillary
Armpit
Brachial
Arm
Umbilical
Navel
Abdominal
Anterior body trunk
Cubital
Anterior surface of the elbow
Groin
Where the thigh meets the body trunk
Femoral
Thigh
Flank
Lateral surface of the body from ribcage to hip
Pubic
The genital region
Scapula
Shoulder blade area
Lumbar
Area of the back between the ribs and hips
Gluteal
Buttocks
Popliteal
Knee
Calf
Posterior surface of the lower leg
Occipital
Posterior surface of the head
Deltoid
curve of the shoulder formed by the large deltoid muscle
Name the 5 body cavities
Cranial, Vertebral, Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic
What are the four abdominal quadrants?
RUQ,LUQ,RLQ,LLQ
Name the three superior abdominal regions
Right hypoconriac, epigastric, left hypocondriac
Name the three middle abdominal regions
right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar
Name the three inferior abdominal regions
Right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac
Superior/cranial
Towards the head/upper
Inferior/caudal
Away from the head/lower
Anterior/ventral
Towards the front of the body
Posterior/distal
Towards the back of the body
Medial
Toward or at the midline of the body
Lateral
Away from the midline of the body
Intermediate
Between a more medial and more lateral structure
Proximal
Closer to the origin of the body part/attachment to the body trunk
Distal
Further from the point of origin/attachment to the body trunk
Superfical
Toward or at the body surface
Deep
Away from the body surface/internal
A sagittal/median plane divides the body into
Left and right
A frontal section divides the body into
anterior and posterior
A tranverse section divides the body into
superior and inferior