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The Language of Anatomy
You should be able to label and interpret diagrams using these terms.
Anatomical Position =>
a standard reference point for anatomy.
Axial = pertaining to the head, neck and trunk
Appendicular = pertaining to the arms & legs
Anterior Body Regions and Landmarks: Posterior Body Regions and Landmarks:
Abdominal Mammary Acromial
Antecubital Mental Calcaneal
Antebrachial Nasal Cephalic
Axillary Oral Dorsal
Brachial Orbital Gluteal
Buccal Palmar Lumbar
Carpal Patellar Manus
Cervical Pedal Plantar
Coxal Pelvic Popliteal
Cephalic Pubic Olecranal
Crural Pollex Occipital
Digital Perineal Sacral
Femoral Sternal Scapular
Fibular Thoracic Sural
Frontal Tarsal Vertebral
Hallux
Inguinal
Terms Describing Body Orientation, Direction, or comparative Position:
Anterior/Posterior Cranial/Caudal Dorsal/Ventral Proximal/Distal
Medial/Lateral Superficial/Deep Superior/Inferior
Body Planes & Sections:
Sagittal section
Parasagittal section
Midsagittal section
Frontal ( = Coronal) section
Transverse (= Cross) section
Body Cavities & Subdivisions: Identify the locations of each
Dorsal Cavity: Subdivisions of Dorsal Cavity = Cranial cavity & Spinal cavity
Ventral Cavity: Subdivisions of Ventral Cavity = Thoracic cavity, Abdominal cavity, Pelvic cavity
Abdominopelvic Quadrants: RUQ (right upper quadrant), LUQ, RLQ, LLQ
What organs are in each?
Abdominopelvic Regions: umbilical, epigastric, hypogastric, iliac, lumbar, hypochondriac
Serous Membranes around Organs: Pericardium, Pleural, Peritoneal