Human Anatomy & Physiology 3rd edition Paul Krieger
Scapular
scapula or shoulder blade area
Distal
Farther from the trunk of the body
Proximal
Nearer to the trunk of the body
Abdominal
abdomen
Superior
above
Tarsal
ankle
Vertebral
area of vertebral column
Brachial
arm from shoulder to elbow
Axillary
armpit
Occipital
back of head
Popliteal
back of knee
Nuchal
back of neck
Umbilical
belly button
Inferior
below
Hallux
big toe
Mammary
breast
Gluteal
buttock
Sural
calf
Buccal
cheek
Thoracic
chest
Pectoral
chest covered by pectoralis major muscles
Mental
chin
Thoracic cavity
contains heart and lungs
cranial cavity (dorsal)
contains the brain
Vertebral cavity
contains the spinal cord
Otic
ear
Facial
face
Digital
fingers
Pleural cavity
fluid-filled space around the lungs
pedal
foot
Metatarsals
foot bones
Antebrachial
forearm
Frontal
forehead
Anticubital
front of elbow
Inguinal
groin
Manual
hand
Metacarpals
hand bones
Cephalic
head
Calcaneal
heel
coxal
hip
Patella
knee cap (patellar)
Fibular (peroneal)
lateral side of the leg
Crural
leg, from knee to ankle
Lumbar
lower back
Mediastinum
median compartment of the thoracic cavity
Oral
mouth
Cervical
neck
Palmar
palm
Pelvic
pelvis
Perineum
region between anus and genitals
Pubic
region of pelvis
anterior crural
shin
Deltoid
shoulder
Cranial
skull
Plantar
sole of foot
Sternal
sternum
Sacral
tailbone
Femoral
thigh
Polex
thumb
Superficial
toward or at the body surface
Posterior (dorsal)
toward the back
Anterial (ventral)
towards the front
Carpal
wrist
Deep
Away from the body surface; more internal
Lateral
Away from the midline of the body
Frontal plane
This is plane splits an object into a front half and a back half.
Transverse plane
This plane divides the body into an upper half and lower half.
Sagittal plane (median)
This plane slices an object down the middle. making a left half and a right half.
Medial
Toward the midline of the body
