Directional terms
Front of the body
What is Anterior(ventral)
Away from the midline of the body
What is lateral
Divides the body into left and right parts
What is the Sagittal Plane
Contains the brain
What is the Cranial Cavity
Region of the navel.
Back of the body
What is posterior(dorsal)
Away from the midline of the body.
What is lateral
Divides the body into anterior and posterior of front and back.
What is the Coronal(Frontal) plane
Houses the spinal cord.
What is the Spinal (Vertebral) Cavity
Upper middle region
What is the epigastric region
Toward the head
What is superior.
Closer to the point of attachment to the body.
What is Proximal.
Divides the body into superior(upper) and inferior(lower) parts.
What is the Transverse(Horizontal) plane.
Encloses the heart and lungs.
What is the thoracic cavity.
Lower middle region.
What is the hypogastric.
Toward the feet.
What is inferior.
Further from the point of attachment to the body.
What is distal.
An imaginary flat surface that divides the body into two sections
What are planes of the body.
Contains digestive organs like the stomach and intestines.
What is the abdominal cavity.
Upper left lateral region beneath the ribs.
What is the left hypochondriac region.
Toward the midline of the body
What is medial.
Toward the surface of the body(exterior)
What is Superficial.
When the body is in ___________, the planes serve as points of reference to identify the different sections of the body.
What is anatomical position
Contains the cranial and spinal cavities.
What is the Dorsal cavity.
Upper right lateral region beneath the ribs
What is the right hypochondriac region.