Body Regions Flashcards
What is the epigastric region?
The upper middle portion of the abdominal area.
What are the left and right hypochondriac regions?
The regions on the left/right side of the epigastric region.
What is the umbilical region?
The central portion of the abdominal area.
What are the left and right lumbar regions?
The regions on the left/right side of the umbilical region.
What is the hypogastric region?
The lower middle portion of the abdominal area.
What are the left and right iliac (or inguinal) regions?
The regions on the left/right side of the hypogastric region.
What are the four quadrants of the abdominal area?
- Right upper quadrant (RUQ).
- Right lower quadrant (RLQ).
- Left upper quadrant (LUQ).
- Left lower quadrant (LLQ).
Define abdominal region
Between the thorax and pelvis
What is the acromial?
Point of the shoulder.
What does antebrachial refer to?
Forearm.
What is the antecubital?
Space in front of the elbow.
What does axillary mean?
Armpit.
What is brachial?
Arm.
What does buccal refer to?
Cheek.
What is carpal?
Wrist.
What does celiac mean?
Abdomen.
What is cephalic?
Head.
What does cervical refer to?
Neck.
What is costal?
Ribs.
What does coxal mean?
Hip.
What is crural?
Leg.
What does cubital refer to?
Elbow.
What is digital?
Finger or toe.
What does dorsum mean?
Back.
What is femoral?
Thigh.
What does frontal refer to?
Forehead.
What is genital?
Reproductive organs.
What does gluteal mean?
Buttocks.
What is inguinal?
Depressed area of the abdominal wall near the thigh (groin).
What does lumbar refer to?
Region of the lower back between the ribs and the pelvis (loin).
What is mammary?
Breast.
What does mental mean?
Chin.
What does ‘nasal’ refer to?
Nasal refers to the nose.
What does ‘occipital’ refer to?
Occipital refers to the lower posterior region of the head.
What does ‘oral’ refer to?
Oral refers to the mouth.
What does ‘orbital’ refer to?
Orbital refers to the eye cavity.
What does ‘otic’ refer to?
Otic refers to the ear.
What does ‘palmar’ refer to?
Palmar refers to the palm of the hand.
What does ‘patellar’ refer to?
Patellar refers to the front of the knee.
What does ‘pectoral’ refer to?
Pectoral refers to the chest.
What does ‘pedal’ refer to?
Pedal refers to the foot.
What does ‘pelvic’ refer to?
Pelvic refers to the pelvis.
What does ‘perineal’ refer to?
Perineal refers to the region between the anus and the external reproductive organs (perineum).
What does ‘plantar’ refer to?
Plantar refers to the sole of the foot.
What does ‘popliteal’ refer to?
Popliteal refers to the area behind the knee.
What does ‘sacral’ refer to?
Sacral refers to the posterior region between the hipbones.
What does ‘sternal’ refer to?
Sternal refers to the middle of the thorax, anteriorly.
What does ‘sural’ refer to?
Sural refers to the calf.
What does ‘tarsal’ refer to?
Tarsal refers to the instep of the foot (ankle).
What does ‘umbilical’ refer to?
Umbilical refers to the navel.
What does ‘vertebral’ refer to?
Vertebral refers to the spinal column.
What is the anatomical position?
The anatomical position is a standard position of the body used as a reference in anatomy.
How do you describe the relative positions of several body parts?
Relative positions can be described using terms such as superior, inferior, anterior, posterior, medial, and lateral.
What are the three types of body sections?
The three types of body sections are sagittal, transverse, and frontal (coronal).
What are the nine regions of the abdomen?
The nine regions of the abdomen include the right hypochondriac, left hypochondriac, epigastric, right lumbar, left lumbar, umbilical, right iliac, left iliac, and hypogastric regions.
How do the names of the abdominal regions describe their locations?
The names of the abdominal regions describe their locations based on their relative position to the midline and other landmarks of the body.
What does inferior mean?
Inferior means a part is below another part, or toward the feet.
(The neck is inferior to the head.)
What does anterior (or ventral) mean?
Anterior (or ventral) means toward the front.
(The eyes are anterior to the brain.)
What does posterior (or dorsal) mean?
Posterior (or dorsal) means toward the back.
(The pharynx is posterior to the oral cavity.)
What does medial mean?
Medial relates to an imaginary midline dividing the body into equal right and left halves. A part is medial if it is closer to this line than another part.
(The nose is medial to the eyes.)
What does lateral mean?
Lateral means toward the side with respect to the imaginary midline.
(The ears are lateral to the eyes.)
What does ipsilateral mean?
Ipsilateral pertains to the same side.
(The spleen and the descending colon are ipsilateral.)
What does contralateral mean?
Contralateral refers to the opposite side.
(The spleen and the gallbladder are contralateral.)
What does proximal mean?
Proximal describes a part that is closer to the trunk of the body or closer to another specified point of reference than another part.
(The elbow is proximal to the wrist.)
What does distal mean?
Distal means a particular body part is farther from the trunk or farther from another specified point of reference than another part.
(The fingers are distal to the wrist.)
What does superficial mean?
Superficial means situated near the surface.
(The epidermis is the superficial layer of the skin.)
What does peripheral mean?
Peripheral means outward or near the surface. It describes the location of certain blood vessels and nerves.
(The nerves that branch from the brain and spinal cord are peripheral nerves.)
What does deep mean?
Deep describes parts that are more internal.
(The dermis is the deep layer of the skin.)
What does ‘superior’ mean in anatomical terms?
A part is above another part, or closer to the head.
Example: The thoracic cavity is superior to the abdominopelvic cavity.
