The Body’s Cavities, Planes, Sections and Areas Flashcards
What are the two major cavities of the body?
The dorsal cavity and the Ventral cavity
What direction is the dorsal cavity?
The dorsal cavity is the posterior(back)view of the body
What direction is the ventral cavity of the body?
The ventral cavity is the anterior(front) view of the body.
What cavities does the dorsal cavity include?
The cranial cavity and the spinal cavity
What organs are in the cranial cavity?
The skull and the brain
What organs are in the spinal cavity?
The spine and the spinal cord
What membranes line the dorsal cavity systems?
Membranes called meninges
What are the two cavities that make up the ventral cavity?
The thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity
What organ divides the thoracic and abdominal cavities?
The diaphragm
What cavity is located in the abdominal cavity?
The pelvic cavity
What are the organs in the thoracic cavity?
The heart and the lungs
What membranes are the organs of the thoracic cavity covered in?
They are covered in pleural membranes
What type of pleural membranes cover the chest?
The parietal membranes
What type of pleural membranes cover the lungs?
The visceral pleural membranes
What type of pleural membranes cover the heart?
The pericardial pleural membranes
Inside the heart, what two pleural membranes are available and what are they called?
Within the heart are both parietal and visceral membranes and they are called serous membranes
What does serous membranes mean?
It means they cover organs
What organs are located in the abdominal cavity?
The liver, the stomach and the intestines
What are the two types of serous membranes in the abdominal cavity?
Peritoneum and mesentery
Which type of serous membranes line the abdominal cavity?
The peritoneum
What are the outer surfaces of the organs located in the abdominal cavity covered by?
Mesentery membranes
Where is the pelvic cavity located?
Below the abdominal cavity
What pleural membrane is located in the abdominal cavity?
The peritoneum, it covers some of the surfaces of the pelvic organs
What organs are located in the pelvic cavity?
Reproductive organs and urinary organs
What does the body area Axillary refer to?
Armpit
What does the body area Brachial refer to?
Upper Arm
What does the body area Buccal refer to?
Mouth
What does the body area Cardiac refer to?
Heart
What does the body area Cervical refer to?
Neck
What does the body area Cranial refer to?
Head
What does the body area Cutaneous refer to?
Skin
What does the body area Deltoid refer to?
Shoulder
What does the body area Femoral refer to?
Thigh
What does the body area Frontal refer to?
Forehead
What does the body area Gastric refer to?
Stomach
What does the body area Gluteal refer to?
Buttocks
What does the body area Hepatic refer to?
Liver
What does the body area Iliac refer to?
Hip
What does the body area Lumbar refer to?
Small area of the lower back
What does the body area Mammary refer to?
Breast
What does the body area Nasal refer to?
Nose
What does the body area Occipital refer to?
Back of head
What does the body area Orbital refer to?
Eye
What does the body area Parietal refer to?
Crown of head
What does the body area Patellar refer to?
Kneecap
What does the body area Pectoral refer to?
Chest
What does the body area Pectoral refer to?
Chest
What does the body area Plantar refer to?
Sole of the foot
What does the body area Pulmonary refer to?
Lungs
What does the body area Renal refer to?
Kidney
What does the body area Sacral refer to?
Spine base
What does the body area Temporal refer to?
Side of head
What does the body area Umbilical refer to?
Navel
What does the body location superior refer to?
Above, higher
What does the body location inferior refer to?
Lower, below
What does the body location anterior refer to?
Towards the front of the body(chest)
What does the body location posterior refer to?
Towards the back of the body(lumbar)
What does the body location ventral refer to?
Towards the front of the body(breasts, mammary glands)
What does the body location dorsal refer to?
Towards the back of the body(buttocks)
What does the body location medial refer to?
Towards the body’s midline(lungs)
What does the body location lateral refer to?
Facing away from the midline(shoulders, in comparison to the neck)
What does the body location internal refer to?
Within(brain in the skull)
What does the body location external refer to?
Outside(ribs are located outside the lungs)
What does the body location superficial refer to?
Towards the bodies surface(skin)
What does the body location Deep refer to?
Within(various vein systems)
What does the body location central refer to?
Primary portion of the body(brain in relation to the nervous system)
What does the body location peripheral refer to?
Rooted in the main part of the body and extending outward(nerves in the arms, legs, and face)
What does the body location Proximal refer to?
Near the origin(knee, in relation to foot)
What does the body location distal refer to?
Removed from the origin (bicep in relation to hand)
What does the body location parietal refer to?
Related to the cavity walls (membranes that line the chest cavity)
What does the body location visceral refer to?
Related to the organs within a cavity (membranes that cover the lungs)
What are the theee primary planes of the body?
Median sagittal, transverse and frontal
How does the median sagittal plane divide the body?
It divides the body into left and right
How does the transverse plane divide the body?
It is divided into upper and lower sections
How does the frontal/coronal plane divide the body?
Divides the body into dorsal and ventral (back and front)
What are the four main areas of the abdomen?
Right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, left lower quadrant and right lower quadrant
What are the nine sub regions of the abdomen?
Right: right hypochondriac region, right lumbar region and right iliac region
Middle: epigastric region, umbilical region and hypogastric region
Left: left hypochondriac region, left lumbar region and left iliac region
