Planes and Directional Terms #1
Planes and Directional Terms #2
Regions of the Body #1
Regions of the Body #2
Body Cavities
100
Body parts above other parts.
What is superior
100
Closer to the outside of the body.
What is superficial?
100
The thumb
What is pollex?
100
Low back
What is lumbar?
100
liver, gallbladder, and spleen
What is abdominal cavity?
200
Closer to the point of attachment or trunk.
What is proximal?
200
Moving away from the point of attachment or trunk.
What is distal?
200
The forearm
What is antebrachial?
200
Stomach or abdominal
What is epigastric?
200
bladder and internal reproductive organs
What is the pelvic cavity?
300
Moving toward the midline or center of the body.
What is medial?
300
Decreasing or shortening the angle of a joint.
What is flexion?
300
The forehead
What is frontal?
300
Posterior knee
What is popliteal?
300
heart and lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
400
Bringing a limb toward the body or adding it to the body.
What is adduction?
400
Sagittal Plane
What is the plane dividing the body into right and left sides?
400
Sole of the foot
What is plantar?
400
Arm pit
What is axilla or axillary?
400
Brain
What is the cranial cavity?
500
The front side.
What is ventral or anterior?
500
Transverse Plane
What is the plane dividing the body into superior and inferior?
500
Whole body excluding arms, legs, and head.
What is trunk?
500
Ear
What is auricular?
500
Spine and spinal cord
What is spinal cavity?
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