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
