Unit 7 Flashcards
Describe anatomical boundaries or components of: Thorax
sternum, 12 piars of ribs and 12 pairs of vertebrae = interconnecting joints.
Describe anatomical boundaries or components of
: Thoracic cage
upper thorax bones, manbrium/sternum, first pair of ribs , body of vertebrae T1
Describe anatomical boundaries or components of: Thoracic cavity
vertebral columm, ribs, sternum, cranial/caudal aperatures, covering of the soft tissue strctures.
Describe anatomical boundaries or components of : abdomen
stomach, liver, spleen, small and large inestine, gall bladder, pancreas, kidney, bladder
Describe anatomical boundaries or components of: abdominal cavity
upper diaphragm, muscle/connective tissue that seperates it from chest cavity
upper plane of pelvic cavity
abdominal quadrants
r. upper - gall bladder, kidney (r), pancreas, stomach, small/large intestine, adrenal gland (r).
l. upper - spleen, liver, stomach, pancreas, large/small intestine, adrenal gland (L)/kidney.
r + l lower - appendix, large + small intestine and bladder .
Name the top row of the abdomial quadrant
hypochondriac R, epigastric, hypochondriac L
Name middle row of the abdominal quadrant
lumbar R, Umbilical region, lumbar L
Name the bottom row of the abdominal quadrant
inguinial region R, oubic, inguinial region L
Use precise anatomical location to describe … heart
The heart is posterior to your chest under neath, posterior to the sternum and to the left - rib case protects it.
Use precise anatomical location to describe: lungs
In the thorax, anterior to the diaphragm
Use precise anatomical location to describe: liver
The liver is in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity, it is inferior to the diaphragm and superficial from the stomach and right kidney and intestines
Use precise anatomical location to describe: stomach
superior to the abdomen on the lft side of the body
Use precise anatomical location to describe: duodenum
first part of the small intestint - connects stomach to intestine walls
Use precise anatomical location to describe: ascending colin
runs superiorly to the right side of the abdomen from the right iliac fossa to the right lobe of the liver