Cavities
thoracic cavity
What protects the heart and lungs?
located near the hip bones
What are the right and left iliac regions?
RLQ
What is the Right Lower Quadrant?
medial
What is the direction toward or nearer the midline?
bones, joints and cartilage
What are the structures of the skeletal system?
abdominal cavity
What contains the organs of digestion?
covered by the lower ribs
What are the right and left hypochondriac regions?
umbilicus
Where do all the quadrants intersect?
inferior
What is lower, below or towards the feet?
produces new life
What is the reproductive system?
diaphragm
What separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities?
above the stomach
What is the epigastric region?
above the left lower quadrant
What is the left upper quadrant?
lateral
What is the direction toward, nearer, side or away from the midline?
Special senses
What are the eyes and ears?
pelvic cavity
What contains the organs of reproduction and excretion?
located at the inward curve of the spine
What are the right and left lumbar regions?
Left Lower Quadrant
LLQ
posterior
What means situated in the back?
filters blood to remove waste
What is the urinary system?
dorsal cavity
What contains the organs of the nervous system?
surrounds the "belly button"
What is the umbilical region?
RUQ
Right Upper Quadrant
cephalic
What is towards the head?
What is the endocrine system?