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Basic Human Body: Body Cavities, Planes, Sections & Division Flashcards

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Dorsal Cavity

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Posterior (back) side

  • Cranial cavity (space for the brain)
  • Vertebral Canal (Spinal canal is formed by the vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes)
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Ventral Cavity

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  • Thoracic cavity (aka chest cavity)
  • Diaphragm (muscle which separates Thoracic and Abdominal cavity)
  • Abdominal cavity
  • Pelvic cavity
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Planes and Sections

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Longitudinal planes of the upright body

  • Frontal or Coronal
  • Median
  • Sagittal

Horizontal planes of the upright body
- Transverse (aka cross-section)

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Median Plane

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Divides the body into a equal left and right section (mid sagittal)

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Sagittal Plane

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Divides the body into an unequal left section and right section (parallel to the median plane)

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Frontal or Coronal Plane

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Divides the body into a front section and back section (plane goes side to side)

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Transverse Plane

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Divides the body into an upper section and lower section
(plane splits body in half at waist)

aka cross-section

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Abdominal Division

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• QUADRANTS
• NINE AREAS
   – UPPER GASTRIC AREA 
   – LOWER GASTRIC AREA 
   – MIDDLE GASTRIC AREA 
   – LOWER AREAS
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4 Quadrants (Abdominal Quadrants)

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Top quadrant - right to left

  • Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
  • Left upper quadrant (LUQ)

Bottom quadrant - right to left

  • Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
  • Left lower quadrant (LLQ)
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Organs in Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

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  • Liver & Gallbladder
  • Pylorus
  • Duodenum
  • Head of pancreas
  • Portions of ascending & transverse colon
  • Right adrenal gland
  • Right kidney
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Organs in Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)

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  • Left lobe of liver
  • Spleen
  • Stomach
  • Body of pancreas
  • Portion of descending and transverse colon
  • Left adrenal gland
  • Left kidney
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Organs in Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

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  • Small bowel
  • Appendix & cecum
  • Ascending colon
  • Right kidney
  • Right ureter
  • Ovary
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Organ in Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

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  • Small bowel
  • Sigmoid colon
  • Descending colon
  • Left kidney
  • Left ureter
  • ovary
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9 Regions (Abdominal regions)

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Regions located in top - right to left

  • Right hypochondriac region
  • Epigastric region
  • Left hypochondriac region

Regions located in middle - right to left

  • Right lumbar region
  • Umbilical region
  • Left lumbar region

Regions located in bottom - right to left

  • Right iliac (Inguinal) region
  • Hypogastric region
  • Left iliac (Inguinal) region
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Organs in Right Hypochondriac Region

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  • Ascending colon
  • Gallbladder
  • Liver
  • Right kidney
  • Small intestine
  • Transverse colon
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Organs in Epigastric Region

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  • Esophagus
  • Liver
  • Pancreas
  • Right & left adrenal glands
  • Right & left kidneys
  • Spleen
  • Stomach
  • Transverse colon
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Organs in Left Hypochondriac Region

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  • Descending colon
  • Left kidney
  • Liver
  • Pancreas
  • Small intestine
  • Spleen
  • Stomach
  • Transverse colon
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Organs in Right Lumbar Region

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  • Ascending colon
  • Gallbladder
  • Right Kidney
  • Small Intestine
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Organs in Umbilical Region

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  • Pancreas
  • Right & left kidneys
  • Right & left ureters
  • Small intestine
  • Stomach
  • Transverse colon
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Organs in Left Lumbar Region

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  • Descending colon
  • Left kidney
  • Small intestine
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Organs in Right Iliac (Inguinal) Region

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  • Appendix
  • Cecum
  • Ascending colon
  • Right fallopian tube (F)
  • Right ovary (F)
  • Small intestine
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Organs in Left Iliac (Inguinal) Region

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  • Left Fallopian tube (F)
  • Left ovary (F)
  • Small intestine
  • Descending colon
  • Sigmoid Colon
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Organs in Hypogastric Region

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  • Prostate
  • Rectum
  • Right & left Fallopian tubes (F)
  • Right & left ovaries (F)
  • Right & left ureters
  • Small intestine
  • Urinary bladder

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