Anatomical terms 2 Flashcards
What is the directional term for towards the head or upper part of a structure?
Superior.
What is the directional term for towards the feet, or lower part of the body?
Inferior.
What is the directional term/s for nearer to or at the front of the body?
Anterior/ventral.
What is the directional terms for nearer to or at the back of the body?
Posterior/dorsal.
What is the directional term for nearer to the midline or midsagittal plane?
Medial.
What is the directional term for farther from the body midline or midsagittal plane?
Farther from the body midline or midsagittal plane.
What is the directional term for nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk/near point of origin?
proximal.
What is the directional term for farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk/far from point of origin?
Distal.
What is the directional term for toward or on the body surface?
Superficial.
What is the directional term for away from the surface of the body?
Deep.
What is the name of flat surfaces that hypothetically pass through the body parts?
Body planes.
What is the vertical body plane that divides the body/organ to the right & left sides?
The sagittal plane.
What is the body plane that runs through the midline?
Midsagittal plane.
What is the body plane that divides the body/organ into unequal right and left sides?
Parasagittal.
What is the body plane which divides the body/organ into anterior and posterior portions?
Frontal or coronal plane.
What is the body plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions (horizontal)?
Transverse plane.
Describe body cavities.
Spaces within the body that contain, protect, separate and support the internal organs.
What cavity is formed by the skull bones and contains the brain?
Cranial cavity.
What cavity is formed from bones of the vertebral column and contains the spinal cord?
Vertebral (spinal) canal.
What cavity is known as the chest cavity, containing the heart, lungs, associated blood vessels and respiratory organs?
Thoracic cavity.
What cavity extends from the diaphragm to the groin?
Abdominopelvic cavity.
How many abdominopelvic regions are there?
Nine.
What are the four abdominopelvic quadrants?
1) right upper quadrant (RUQ)
2) left upper quadrant (LUQ)
3) right lower quadrants (RLQ)
4) left lower quadrants 9LlQ)
