Terminology Flashcards
Appendicular
Arms & legs
Extremities
Axial
Refers to main part of the body or Axis
Involves head, neck, and torso
Brachial
The arm
Arm: shoulders to elbows
Forearms: wrist to elbow
Buccal
Cheeks
Calcaneal
Heel
Carpals
Wrists
Cephalic
Head or brain
Cervical
Neck
Coccyx
Tail bone
Costal
Ribs
Coxal
Hips or pelvis
Cranial
Skull
Crural
Legs Thigh: femoral region Lower legs: calves Knees: platela Knee-pits: popliteal
Cubital
Elbow
Digital
Fingers/toes
Dorsum
The back
Facial
The face
Frontal
Forehead
Gastr/o
The stomach
Groin
Region connecting the thigh
Genital
External reproductive organs
Abdomin
Part of body below the diaphragm
Your abs
Gluteal
Buttocks
Gonads
Internal reproductive organs
Women: ovaries
Men: testes
Hallux
Great (big) toe
Mammary
Breast
Manus
Hand
Mental
Chin
Nasal
Nose
Orbital/optic
Eyes
Occipital
Back of the head
Oral
Mouth
Otic
Ear
Pectoral
Chest
Pedal
Foot
Perineal
Region between the representative organs and the anus
Plantar
Sole of the foot
Pollex
Tumb
Sacral
Region in the back of the pelvis; part of the vertebral column
Scapular
Shoulder blade. Point of the shoulder= acromial
Spinal
Refers to the spinal column or vertebral
Tarsal
Ankle
Thorax
Chest (usually refers to the entire cavity surrounding lungs and heart)
Umbilical
Naval/bellybutton