Body Cavities
Your lungs are found in this cavity.
Thoracic
The directional term meaning toward the front or belly of the body
What is anterior (or ventral)?
The anatomical adjective referring to the neck region.
What is cervical?
Someone born with a small head might be diagnosed with this condition.
What is microcephaly?
The body position in which a patient is lying flat on their back facing up.
What is supine?
The muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
A plane that passes vertically from front to back, dividing the body into right and left portions.
What is a sagittal plane?
The anatomical adjective referring specifically to the arm.
What is brachial?
Celiocentesis is the medical term for surgical puncture of this part of the body to remove fluid.
What is the abdomen?
The term for the central abdominal region located above the stomach.
What is the epigastric region (or epigastrium)?
The two sub-cavities that make up the dorsal body cavity.
What are the cranial cavity and spinal cavity (or canal)?
A directional term meaning farther from the point of attachment or given reference point.
What is distal?
The anatomical adjective referring to the sole of the foot.
What is plantar?
Acrocyanosis is the medical term for this part of the body showing this color.
What is bluish discoloration of the extremities?
From a posterior view, this is the term for the base of the skull.
What is occipital?
The large serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and covers the organs within it.
What is the peritoneum?
A horizontal plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts.
What is a transverse (or horizontal) plane?
Inguinal refers to this area
Medical term meaning webbed or fused fingers or toes.
What is syndactyl?
Standard medical position where the patient lies on their back with the head of the bed raised approximately 18 inches.
What is Fowler?
The dorsal cavity that contains the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
Derived from the Latin word for "tail," this directional term means toward the lower end of the spine.
What is caudal?
Popliteal refers to this area of the body.
What is the back of the knee.
Medical term meaning "located near or beside the sagittal plane".
What is parasagittal?
Interphalangeal