body regions Flashcards
Cephalic
head
Cranial (Cranium)
skull
Facial (Facies)
face
Nasal (Nasus)
nose
Orbital
eye
Oral
mouth
frontal
forehead
Otic
ear
buccal
check
Cervicis
neck
Mental
chin
Axillary
armpit
Branchial
arm
Antecubital
Front elbow
antebrachial
forearm
Carpal
wrist
palmar
palm
pollex
thumb
Phalangeal
fingers / toes
Patellar
Kneecaps
Crural
front leg
tarsal
ankle
hallux
big toe
pedal
foot
femoral
thigh
Pubis
pubic
Inguinal
hip / groin
Pelvis
pelvic
Mammary
nipple/ breast
thoracic
chest, thorax
Acromial
shoulder / collar bone
Dorsal
back
olecranal
back of elbow
lumbar / lumbus
lower back
gluteal / gluteus
buttcheeck
Popliteal
back of knee
Sural
back of lower leg (calf)
Calcaneal
heel of foot
Plantar
insole of foot
Anterior
front
Posterior
back
Superior
toward head
inferior
toward feet
lateral
away from body <- ->
Medial
toward medline
Distal
away from body
Proximal
toward the body