Chapter One Flashcards
What is the anatomical position?
Body erect
Face forward
Feet together
Palms face forward
What are the 3 body cavities?
Thoracic cavity
Abdominal cavity
Pelvic cavity
What are the abdominal quadrants
Right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower
What are the abdominal regions?
Right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac
What is a medial plane
Cuts through midline of body separating left and right
What is a transverse plane?
Plane dividing superior and inferior
What is a sagittal plane?
Separates left and right but on either side of the midline
What is a coronal/frontal plane?
Divides anterior and posterior
What is an oblique plane?
A plane other than a right angle
What does a visceral serous membrane line?
Organ
What does a parietal serous membrane line?
Cavity
When ‘pericardium’ is said, what is it referring to?
The heart
When ‘pleura’ is said, what does it refer to? (2 answers)
The lungs and thoracic cavity
When ‘peritoneum’ is said, what is it referring to?
Addominopelvic cavity
