Below other parts
What is Inferior?
The sagittal plane runs down the midline of the body and divides it into equal halves
What is midsagittal?
SIdes of the body affected by certain pathologic conditions
What is bilateral?
Contains the eyes
orbital cavity
The cavity in the chest that contains the esophagus, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, and large blood vessels.
thoracic cavity
Body parts near the head
What is cranial?
Splits the body front and back section
What is frontal plane?
Divides the body in a top and bottom part?
What is transverse plane?
contains the nose
Nasal cavity
Conditions that affect only one side of the body.
unilateral
Body parts located near the sacral region of the spinal column
What is caudal?
Body parts on the front of the body
WHat is anterior?
Body parts above other body parts
What is superior?
Contains teeth and mouth
buccel cavity
Body parts in front of the plane or on the front of the body
ventral
Divides the body into left and right sections
What is sagittal plane?
Body parts at the back of the body
What is posterior?
Contains the stomach, small intestine, most of the large intestine, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen
What is upper abdominal cavity?
Structures located near the body surface.
superficial
The cavities on the front of the body, including the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
ventral cavities
Imaginary lines drawn throughout the body at various parts to separate the body into sections
What is body planes?
The definition for extremities of the body (Ex. arms and legs)
What is proximal?
Contains the urinary bladder, reproductive organs, and last part of the large intestine
What is pelvic cavity?
The cavity that contains the stomach, small intestine, most of the large intestine, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen.
abdominal cavity
Body parts close to the midline.
medial