Body Regions
The term for the head region
What is the cephalic region?
The term that means "toward the head.
What is superior?
The plane that divides the body into left and right halves
What is the sagittal plane?
The cavity that contains the brain.
The region that refers to the armpit
What is the axillary region?
The opposite of anterior
What is posterior?
he plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions
What is the transverse plane?
The cavity that contains the lungs and heart.
The region refers to the front of the knee.
What is the patellar region?
The term that means "farther from the point of attachment
What is distal?
The plane that divides the body into front and back sections.
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
The abdominal quadrant that contains the stomach and spleen.
What is the left upper quadrant (LUQ)?
The term for the lower back region
What is the lumbar region?
The term that means "closer to the midline of the body.
What is medial?
A cut that is made at an angle through a structure
What is an oblique section?
The cavity that contains the bladder and reproductive organs
What is the pelvic cavity?
The region that refers to the sole of the foot
What is the plantar region?
The term that means "on the opposite side of the body."
What is contralateral?
A cut that divides the body into equal left and right halves
What is the midsagittal plane?
The cavity that houses the spinal cord
What is the vertebral (spinal) cavity?