Body Planes Flashcards
imaginary lines drawn through
The body at various parts to separate
body into sections
Body planes
A horizantal plane that divides the body into a top and a bottoms
half
Transverse plane
Body parts located near the head
Cranial
One long continuous cavity located in the back of the body
Dorsal cavity
Contains the brain (cavity)
Cranial cavity
Contains the spinal cord
Spinal cavity
Is separated into two distinct cavities by the dome shaped muscle called the diaphragm
Ventral cavity
Located in the chest (cavity)
Thoracic cavity
Is divided into an upper and lower part (cavity)
Abdominal cavity
Contains the urinary bladder (cavity)
Pelvic cavity
For the eyes
Orbital cavity
For the nose structures
Nasal cavity
For the teeth and tongue (cavity)
Bucal cavity
Top right corner (1/9)
Right hypochondriac region
Right middle (2/9)
Right lumbar region
Bottom right (3/9)
Right iliac region
Top middle (4/9)
Epigastric region
Middle middle (5/9)
Umbilical region
Bottom middle (6/9)
Hypogastric region
Top left (7/9)
Left hypochondriac region
Left middle (8/9)
Left lumbar region
Left bottom (9/9)
Left iliac region
Two words for top and bottom half
Transverse and horizontal
Two words for the front of the body
Coronal and frontal
Two words for the middle of the body
Midsagital and median
Body part near the head
Cranial
Body parts located near the sacral region of the spinal column
Caudal
Body part located near the midline or middle of the body
Medial
Body parts located away from the midline or middle of the body
Lateral
Body parts close to the point of reference
Proximal
Body parts away from the point of reference
Distal
Divides the body into left and right
Midsagittal
Lying face upwards
Supine
Lying face downwards
Prone
