Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 1 section 5

What does anatomic position look like?

1. upright stance 2. head level 3. feet parallel and flat on the floor 4. upper limbs at the side of the body 5. palms facing anteriorly 6. eyes looking foward

How many regions are the human body partitioned into?

2 main ones

How many regions is the abdominoplevic cavity partitioned in?

9

What is the axial region?

Head, neck, and trunk Forms the main vertical axis of the body

What is the crural?

The front of the leg

What is the abdominal?

abdomen

What is the tarsal?

ankle

The heart is ______ to the spinal cord?

anterior

What is the directional term used to describe the front of or toward the front surface?

anterior

the nose is located _______ and ________ to the ears.

anterior and medial (or rostral)

What is the axillary?

armpit

what is the olecranal?

back of elbow

What is the occipital?

back of head

What is the poptiteal?

back of the knee (or as I call it, the knee pit)

What is the sacral?

between hips, below the lumbar region

What is the mammary?

breast

What is the gluteal?

butt

What is the sural?

calf

The feet are ____ to the cheeks.

caudal

What is the directional term used to describe toward the rear or tail end of the body?

caudal

What is the buccal?

cheek

What is the pectoral?

chest

What is the mental?

chin

What does anatomic position mean?

common reference point

The left leg is ____ to the right arm.

contralateral

What is the directional term used to describe: on the opposite side of the body?

contralateral

vertical plant dividing the body into anterior (front) and posterior(back) parts

coronal (frontal) plane

The chin are _____ to the legs.

cranial

What is the directional term used to describe toward the head end of the body?

cranial (cephalic)

What is the directional term used to describe closer to the inside, internal to another structure?

deep

the lungs are ________ to the rib cage.

deep

The ankle is _____ to the thigh.

distal

The wrist is _____ to the elbow.

distal

What is the directional term used to describe farther away from point of attachment to truck (used for arms and legs)?

distal

The vertebra is on the _____ side of the body.

dorsal

What is the directional term used to describe toward the back side of the human body?

dorsal

What is the auricular?

ear

superior to the umbilical region

epigastric region

what is the orbital?

eye

What is the digital?

fingers or toes

What is the pes?

foot

What is the antebrachial?

forearm

What is the frontal?

forehead

What is the inguinal?

groin

What is the manus?

hand

What is the cephalic?

head

What is the calcaneal?

heel

What is the coxal?

hip

inferior to umbilical

hypogastric

The feet are _____ to the small intestine.

inferior

What is the directional term used to describe closer to the feet?

inferior

the umbilicus is located _____ to the sternum.

inferior

The right arm is ______ to the right ear.

ipsilateral

What is the directional term used to describe: on the same side of the body?

ispilateral

What is the patellar?

kneecap

The legs are ______ to the lungs.

lateral

What is the directional term used to describe away from the midline of the body?

lateral

What is the lumbar?

lower back

The mouth is located _______ to the ears.

medial

The spinal cord is ________ to the appendix.

medial

What is the directional term used to describe toward the midline of the body?

medial

vertical plane dividing the body into equal left and right halves

midsagittal plane

What is the oral?

mouth

What is the cervical?

neck

What is the nasal?

nose

passes through structure at an angle

oblique plane

What is the palmar?

palm

imaginary flat surface passing through the body

plane

The butt is ______ to the nose?

posterior

What is the directional term used to describe the back of or toward the back surface?

posterior

The knee is _____ to the ankle.

proximal

The shoulder is ______ to the hand.

proximal

What is the directional term used to describe closer to the point of attachment to trunk (used for arms and legs)?

proximal

inferior to costal cartilages and lateral to epigastric

right and left hypochondriac regions

The nose is ______ to the back of the head.

rostral

What is the directional term used to describe toward the nose or mouth?

rostral

Parallel to midsagittal, but left or right of midsagittal; divides structure into unequal portions

sagittal plane

an actual cut or slice that exposes internal anatomy

section

What is the deltoid?

shoulder

What is the cranial?

skull (surrounding the brain)

What is the plantar surface?

sole of foot

What is the vertebral?

spinal column

What is the sternal?

sternum

The skin is ________ to the liver.

superficial

What is the directional term used to describe closer to the outside, external to another structure?

superficial

A scratch wound, which does not penetrate the skin, is said to be a ______ wound. In contrast, a stab wound, which penetrates the skin, is referred to as a ______ wound.

superficial, deep

The lungs are _____ to the stomach.

superior

what is the directional term used to describe closer to the head?

superior

What is the perineal?

the anus

What is the anecubital?

the front of the elbow

What is the pubic?

the penis or vagina

What is the femoral?

thigh

What is the dorsum of the hand?

top of hand

horizontal plane dividing the body into superior (top) and inferior (bottom) parts

transverse plane

middle region, named for the umbilicus that lies in its center

umbilical region

What is the Appendicular region?

upper and lower limbs

What is the brachial?

upper arm

The navel is on the _____ side of the body.

ventral

What is the directional term used to describe toward the belly side of the human body?

ventral

What is the carpal?

wrist