Anatomical Planes
Divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections
What is the frontal or coronal plane?
Toward the front of the body
What is ventral?
Contains the heart and lungs.
What is thoracic cavity?
Contains liver, gallbladder, right kidney and adrenal gland, part of transverse and ascending colon.
What is right upper quadrant?
Divides the body into left and right sections.
What is the sagittal plane?
Toward the back of the body.
What is dorsal?
Contains heart, trachea, esophagus, and major blood vessels.
Contains appendix, right ovary, right ureter.
What is lower right quadrant?
Divides the body into superior and inferior halves.
What is the transverse or horizontal plane?
Nearer to the head.
What is cephalic?
Surrounds the lungs.
What is pleural cavity?
Divides the body into unequal left and right halves.
What is the parasagittal plane?
Close to the point of attachment.
What is proximal?
Divided into abdominal and pelvic cavities.
What is upper left quadrant?
Divides the body at an angle.
What is the oblique plane?
Further from the point of attachment.
What is distal?
Contains spinal cord.
What is spinal cavity?
Contains sigmoid colon, left ovary, left ureter.
What is lower left quadrant?