Relative Positions
Sections & Regions
Body Regions
Body Regions
Body Regions
100
Refers to an imaginary midline dividing the body into equal right and left halves.
What is Medial
100
Frontal - plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is Coronal
100
Naval?
What is Umbilical
100
Nose?
What is Nasal
100
Mouth?
What is Oral
200
Toward the back
What is Posterior
200
Refers to the middle portion
What is Umbilical Region
200
Mammary?
What is Breast
200
Vertebral?
What is Spinal Column
200
Forehead?
What is Frontal
300
Towards the front
What is Anterior
300
Refers to the upper middle portion
What is Epigastric Region
300
Chest?
What is Pectoral
300
Plantar?
What is Sole of the foot
300
Otic?
What is Ear
400
Means that a body part is above another part or is closer to the head.
What is Superior
400
Lie on each side of the hypogastric region (2 regions)
What is Left and right iliac regions
400
Forearm?
What is Antebrachial
400
Point of the shoulder?
What is Acromial
400
Posterior region between the hipbones?
What is Sacral
500
Toward the side with respect to the imaginary midline
What is Lateral
500
Lie on each side of the epigastric region (2 regions)
What is Left and right hypochondriac regions
500
Depressed area of abdominal wall near the thigh?
What is Inguinal
500
Region of the lower back between the ribs and the pelvis?
What is Lumbar
500
Middle of the thorax, anteriorly
What is Sternal
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