Human body regions 1 Flashcards
Region inferior to the thorax (chest) and superior to the pelvic brim of the hip bones
Abdominal
Armpit
Axillary
Arm (the portion of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow)
Brachial
Cheek
Buccal
Heel of the foot
Calcaneal
Carpal
Wrist
Head
Cephalic
Neck
Cervical
Hip
lliac
Skull
Cranial
Leg (the portion of the lower limb between the knee and the ankle)
Crural
Shoulder
Deltoid
Back
Dorsal/ Dorsum
Face
Facial
Thigh
Femoral
Lateral aspect of the leg
Fibular
Forehead
Frontal
Buttock
Gluteal
Great toe
Hallux
Groin (sometimes used to indicate the crease or junction of the thigh with the trunk)
Inguinal
The “small of the back” : the inferior part of the back between the ribs and the pelvis
Lumbar
Breast
Mammary
Hand
Manual
Chin
Mental
Nose
Nasal
Posterior aspect of the head
Occipital
Mouth
Oral
Eye
Orbital
Palm (anterior surface) of the hand
Palmer
Kneecap
Patellar
Chest, includes mammary region
Pectoral
Pelvis; region inferior to the pelvic brim of the hip bone
Pelvic
Diamond-shaped region between the thigh that contains the anus and external reproductive organs
Perineal
Foot
Pedal
Sole of foot
Plantar
Thumb
Pollex
Area posterior to the knee
Popliteal
Anterior region of the pelvis
Pubic
Lateral aspect (thumb side) of forearm
Radial
Posterior region between the hip bone
Sacral
Shoulder blade
Scapular
Anterior middle region of the thorax
Sternal
Proximal part of the foot and ankle
Tarsal
Part of the torso superior to thoracic diaphragm; contains the pectoral, axillary and sternal regions
Thoracic
Medial aspect of leg
Tibial
Medial aspects (pinky side) of the forearm
Ulnar
Navel
Umbilical
Spinal column
Vertebral