Unit 1 ~ Body planes, Directions, Regions, and Body Cavities Flashcards
What is the head called?
Cranial
What is the eye socket called?
Orbital
What is the eye called?
Ocular
What is the face called?
Facial
What is the jaw called?
Mandibular
What is the space between the neck and collarbone called?
Supraclavicular
What is the shoulder called?
Deltoid
What is the armpit called?
Axillary
What is the upper arm called?
Brachial
What is the inner el-bow called?
Antecubital
What is the lower arm called?
Antebrachial
What is the wrist called?
Carpal
What is the chest called?
Pectoral
What is the shoulder blade called?
Scapular
What is the stomach called?
Abdominal
What is the lower stomach called?
Pelvic
What is the crease where your leg meets called?
Inguinal
What is the sex organ area called?
Pubic/Pudendal
What is the middle of the back called?
Thoracic
What is the lower back called?
Lumbar
What is the area above the butt called?
Sacroiliac
What is the butt called?
Gluteal
What is the inside thigh called?
Femoral
What is the kneecap called?
Patellar
What is the backside of the knee called?
Popliteal
What is the outside of the leg or the shin called?
Crural
What are the bone parts of your ankles (outside) called?
Malleolar
What are your ankles called?
Tarsal
What is your forehead called?
Frontal
What is your nose called?
Nasal
What is your temple called?
Temporal
What is your ear called?
Otic
What is your cheek called?
Buccal
What is your chin called?
Mental
What is the point of the shoulder called?
Acromial
What is the mouth called?
Oral
What is the top of the head called?
Parietal
What is the back of the head called?
Occipital
What are the fingers called?
Digital
What is the belly button called?
Umbilical
What is the point of the hip called?
Coxal
What is the whole spine called?
Vertebral
What is the calf called?
Sural
What is the middle of the leg called?
Fibular
What is the foot called?
Pedal
What is the heal called?
Calcabeal
What is the palm called?
Palmar
What is the center of the chest called?
Sternal
What is the bottom of the foot called?
Planter
What is the neck called?
Servical
What cavity of the body that contains both the spinal cord and the brain?
Dorsal
What cavity of the body contains only the brain?
Cranial
What cavity of the body contains only the spinal cord?
Vertebral (Spinal)
What cavity of the body contains the internal organs except the brain and spinal cord?
Ventral
What cavity of the body is located above the diaphragm and contains all the organs found inside the rib cage?
Thoracic
What cavity of the body is a sub-cavity of the thoracic cavity that contains all the thoracic organs except the longs?
Mediastinum
What sub-cavity of the Midiastinum that contains only the heart?
Pericardial
What sub-cavity of the thoracic that contains only the lungs?
Pleural
What sub-cavity of the abdominopelvic that contains the internal reproductive organs and urinary bladder?
Pelvic
What sheet of muscle divides the ventral cavity into two sub-cavities?
Diaphragm
What direction is toward the front or belly?
Ventral/Anterior
What direction is toward the back or spine?
Dorsal/Posterior
What direction is toward the head?
Superior
What direction is toward the middle?
Medial
What direction is toward the outer edge?
Lateral
What is anatomy?
Study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts.
What is physiology?
Study of how the body and its parts work or function.
What sub-cavity of the abdominoplevic that contains the internal reproductive organs and urinary bladder?
Pelvic
What sub-cavity of the abdominopelvic contains the stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, kidneys, small intestines and part of the large intestines?
Abdominal
What sub-cavity of the ventral contains all the internal organs below the diaphragm?
Abdominopelvic
