Intro to the Human body
Deep
Away from the body surface
Distal
Farther from attachment of the limb to the trunk
Lateral
Farther from midline of body
Proximal
Nearer to attachment of the limb to the trunk
Medial
Nearer to midline of body
Superficial
Toward or at the body surface
Right hypochondriac region
What is "A" called?
Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
What is "A" called?
Epigastric region
What is "B" called?
Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
What is "B" called?
Left hypochondriac region
What is "C" called?
Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
What is "C" called?
Left lower quadrant (LLQ)
What is "D" called?
Right lumbar region
What is "D" called?
Umbilical region
What is "E" called?
Left lumbar region
What is "F" called?
Right iliac region
What is "G" called?
Hypogastric region
What is "H" called?
Left iliac region
What is "I" called?
Inferior
What is it called when body parts are away from the head?
Superior
What is it called when body parts going towards the head?
Tarsal
What is the anatomical term for ankle?
Axillary
What is the anatomical term for armpit?
Dorsal
What is the anatomical term for back?
Sacral
What is the anatomical term for between hips?
Mammary
What is the anatomical term for breast?
Sternal
What is the anatomical term for breastbone?
Gluteal
What is the anatomical term for buttock?
Sural
What is the anatomical term for calf?
Buccal
What is the anatomical term for cheek?
Thoracic
What is the anatomical term for chest?
Mental
What is the anatomical term for chin?
Otic
What is the anatomical term for ear?
Orbital
What is the anatomical term for eye?
Facial
What is the anatomical term for face?
Digital/ Phalanges
What is the anatomical term for fingers / toes?
Pedal
What is the anatomical term for foot?
Antebrachial
What is the anatomical term for forearm?
Frontal
What is the anatomical term for forehead?
Inguinal
What is the anatomical term for groin?
Manual
What is the anatomical term for hand?
Cephalic
What is the anatomical term for head?
Calcaneal
What is the anatomical term for heel?
Lumbar
What is the anatomical term for loin?
Prone position
What is the anatomical term for lying face down?
Supine position
What is the anatomical term for lying face up?
Oral
What is the anatomical term for mouth?
Umbilical
What is the anatomical term for navel?
Cervical
What is the anatomical term for neck?
Nasal
What is the anatomical term for nose?
Palmar
What is the anatomical term for palm?
Pubic
What is the anatomical term for pubis
Scapular
What is the anatomical term for shoulder blade?
Acromial
What is the anatomical term for shoulder?
Cranial
What is the anatomical term for skull?
Plantar
What is the anatomical term for sole
Vertebral
What is the anatomical term for spinal column?
Crural
What is the anatomical term for the anterior leg?
Patellar
What is the anatomical term for the anterior surface of knee
Brachial
What is the anatomical term for the arm?
Olecranal
What is the anatomical term for the back of elbow?
Dorsal
What is the anatomical term for the back of hand?
Occipital
What is the anatomical term for the base of skull?
Antecubital
What is the anatomical term for the front of elbow?
Coxal
What is the anatomical term for the hip?
Popliteal
What is the anatomical term for the hollow behind knee?
Dorsal
What is the anatomical term for the top of foot?
Femoral
What is the anatomical term for thigh?
Carpal
What is the anatomical term for wrist?
Posterior or Dorsal
What is the back of the body called?
Anterior or Ventral
What is the front of the body called?
Frontal or Coronal plane
Which plane divides the body or an organ into front (anterior) and back (posterior) portions?
Sagittal plane
Which plane divides the body or an organ into left and right sides?
Transverse or Horizontal plane
Which plane is cross-sectional, divides the body or an organ into upper (superior) or lower (inferior) portions
Midsagittal
Which plane produces equal halves/sections?
Oblique planes
which plane is the combination of 2 or more planes?
Parasagittal plane
which plane produces unequal sections?
