Language Of Anatomy 3 Flashcards

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Plane

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When the section is made through the body wall or through an organ, it is made along an imaginary line or surface called a plane

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Section

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A cut

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Sagittal plane

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Divides the body into right and left parts

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Midsaggittal (median) plane

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Divides the body into EQUAL right and left parts

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Parasagittal plane

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Divides the body into UNEQUAL left and right parts

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Coronal (frontal) plane

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A longitudinal plane that divides the body (or an organ) into anterior and posterior parts (front/back)

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Transverse plane

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Divides the body into superior and inferior parts (top/bottom)

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Cross sections

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When organs are sectioned along the transverse plane, the sections are commonly called cross sections

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Cranial cavity

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The cavity in which the brain is enclosed within the rigid skull

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Vertebral (spinal) cavity

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The cavity the spinal cord is in

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Dorsal cavity

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Included the cranial and spinal cavities

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Abdominal cavity

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The area that houses the stomach, intensities, liver, and [some] other organs

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Pelvic cavity

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The region that is partially enclosed by the bony pelvis and contains the reproductive organs (urinary) bladder and rectum

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Abdominopelvic cavity

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The cavity inferior to the diaphragm

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Thoracic cavity

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The cavity above the diaphragm

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Ventral cavity

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Made up of the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities

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Quadrants

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A scheme, used by most physicians and nurses, that divides the abdominal surface (and the abdominopelvic cavity deep to it) into 4 approximately equal regions called quadrants

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Umbilical region

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The centermost region which includes the umbilicus

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Epigastric region

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Immediately superior to the umbilical region; overlies most of the stomach

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Hypogastric (pubic) region

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Immediately inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area

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Iliac regions

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Lateral to the hypo gastric region and overlying the superior parts of the hip bones

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Lumbar regions

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Between the ribs and the flaring portions of the hip bone; lateral to the umbilical region

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Hypochondriac regions

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Flanking the epigastric region laterally and overlying the lower ribs

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Serous membrane (serosa)

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Covers walls of ventral body cavity and organs within this cavity

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Parietal serosa

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The part of the membrane lining the cavity walls

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Visceral serosa

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Covering the external surface of the organs within the ventral cavity

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Pericardium

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Serous membrane that encloses the heart

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Pleura

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Serous membrane the encloses the lungs

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Peritoneum

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The serous lining the abdominal cavity and covering it’s organs

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Oral cavity

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Commonly called the mouth, contains the tongue and teeth; also called the buccal cavity

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Nasal cavity

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Located within and posterior to the nose

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Orbital cavity

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Houses the eyes and presents them in an anterior position

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Middle ear

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Lies just medial to the ear drum- is carved into the bony skull- contain tiny bones that transmit sound

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Synovial cavities

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Joint cavities- enclosed within fibrous capsules that surround the freely movable joints of the body