Up, Down, Left, Right
on the surface
What is superficial?
Armpit
What is axillary?
The plane that equally divides the body into right and left sides
What is midsagittal?
The cavity that houses the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
What is ventral?
General body cavity that has serous membranes
What is ventral?
towards the front of the body
Shin
What is crural?
The plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions
What is transverse?
The cavity that houses the brain and spinal cord
What is dorsal?
Produced by the serous membranes
What is fluid?
towards the back of the body
What is posterior?
Inside of the elbow
What is antecubital?
The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is the frontal plane?
Structure the divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity
What is the diaphragm?
Purpose of serous membranes
What is overcome friction?
in the distance
What is distal?
Back of knee
What is popliteal?
The type of plane along a diagonal
What is oblique?
Cavity that houses the heart
What is the pericardial cavity?
Layer of serous membrane that lines the body cavity
What is parietal?
in the proximity of
What is proximal?
Groin
What is inguinal?
Surgeons need to perform heart bypass surgery on a patient. An incision along the ___ plane would be the best way to spread the ribs and work on the heart.
What is Midsagittal?
The term for the area found between the two pleural cavities
What is mediastinum?
Layer of serous membrane that covers the organs within a cavity
What is visceral?