Planes & Regions
This plane divides the body into equal right and left halves.
What is the sagittal plane?
This term describes the movement or position towards the midline of the body. (Anatomical position -- face forward)
What is medial direction?
This is the large posterior cavity which contains the spinal cord.
What is the dorsal cavity?
This region is located at the top of the body and contains the brain.
What is the cranial region?
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This plane divides the body into equal anterior and posterior halves.
What is the frontal plane?
This term describes the movement or position below the waist of the body.
What is inferior?
This is the large anterior cavity which contains the heart, lungs, and the digestive system.
What is the ventral cavity?
This region is referred to commonly as the neck.
What is the cervical region?
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What is structure?
What is shape?
This plane divides the body into equal superior and inferior halves?
What is the transverse plane?
This term describes the movement or position toward the front of the body.
What is anterior?
What is ventral?
This is the subdivision of the ventral cavity which contains the heart and lungs as well as the middle portion of the spine.
What is the thoracic cavity?
This region of the body refers to the wrists.
What is the carpal region?
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What does it do?
This region of the body is used a nurse practitioner applies a blood pressure cuff to your arm.
What is the brachial region?
This term or position refers to the being further away from the heart.
What is distal?
This is the subdivision of the ventral cavity which contains the digestive and urinary organs only.
What is the abdominal cavity?
This region is commonly referred to as our chest plate.
What is the sternal/ sternum region?
This plane is used to view the body in a cross section.
What is the tranverse plane?
This region of the body refers to your tail-bone.
What is the sacral region?
What is the sacrum?
This term or position refers to being closer to the skin or surface of the body.
What is superficial?
This region of the body refers to the one bone you are born without and eventually turns into this structure superior to the knee joint.
What is the patellar region?
This region is commonly referred to as the low back region.
What is the lumbar region?
This region of the body refers to your shoulder blades.
What is the scapular region?