basic body terms Flashcards
frons
forehead (frontal)
cranium
skull (cranial)
facies
face (facial)
oculus
eye (orbital, ocular)
auris
ear (otic)
bucca
cheek (buccal)
nasus
nose (nasal)
oris
mouth (oral)
mentis
chin (mental)
axilla
armpit (axillary)
cervicis
neck (cervical)
thoric or thorax
chest (thoracic
mamma
breast (mammary)
abdomen
below breast, above navel (abdominal)
umbilicus
navel (umbilical)
hip
coxal
brachium
arm above elbow (brachial)
antecubitus
front of elbow (antecubital)
antebrachiam
forearm (antebrachial)
carpus
wrist (carpal)
pollex
thumb
palma
palm (palmar)
digits or phalanges
fingers (digital or phalangeal)
pelvis
inferior to umbilicus, superior to groin (pelvic)
inguen or groin
above pubis (inguinal)
femur
thigh (femoral)
patella
kneecap (patellar)
crus
leg between patella and tarsus-anterior (crural)
tarsus
ankle (tarsal)
hallux
great (big) toe
pes
foot (pedal)
cephalon
head (cephalic)
shoulder
acromial
dorsum
back (dorsal)
olecranon
back of elbow (olecranal)
lumbus
loin/lower back (lumbar)
sacrum
very lower back, below lumbar, above gluteal (sacral)
manus
hand (manual)
gluteas
buttock (gluteal)
popliteus
back of knee (popliteal)
sura
calf (sural)
calcaneus
heel of foot (calcaneal)