planes Flashcards
Superior
Toward the top
Inferior
Toward the bottom
proximal
Structure closer to the rest of the body
Distal
structure further to the rest of the body
Anterior
Toward the front
posterior
Toward the back
Dorsal
Posterior (Nervous system or embryological descriptions)
Ventral
anterior (in the nervous system and in embryological descriptions of anatomy)
Superficial
Your skin is superficial to your muscles
deep
your muscles are deep to your skin
Axillary
Armpit
Brachial
Upper arm
Cubital
Elbow
Antebrachial
Forearm
Carpal
wrist
Pollicis
thumb
palmar
palm of hand
digital
fingers
Inguinal
Groin
Gluteal
Buttock
Femoral
Thigh
patellar
Knee
Popliteal
back of knee
Sural
lower leg
Calcaneal
Heel
Tarsal
Ankle
plantar
bottom of foot
Hallucis
big toe
Cranial
Head
facial
face
facial
face
Buccal
cheek
cervical
neck
pectoral
breast
thoracic
chest
Abdominal
belly
dorsal
back
lumbar
lowerback
Sacral
Between buttocks
perineal
Space between genitals and anus
Sagital plane
sections or planes divide the body into right and left parts. If that plane is at the center, dividing into equal right and left halves, it is referred to as a midsagittal section or plane
When noding the head, moving in sagital plane
Transverse
sections or planes divide the body into superior and inferior parts. A transverse section would show anterior, posterior, right, and left but would have no superior and inferior dimensions. Commonly, transverse planes are called cross-sections.
When shaking the head moving in coronal plane
Frontal plane (coronal)
sections or planes divide the body into anterior and posterior parts. A frontal section would show superior, inferior, right, and left but would have no anterior and posterior dimensions. A common alternative name for a frontal plane is a coronal plane.
waving the hand, moving in coronal plane
