The Body Planes
the front or belly side of the organ or body
What is ventral?
located within the skull, surrounds and protects the brain
What is cranial?
bones, joints, and cartilage
What is the skeletal system?
PO
What is by mouth?
blephar/o
What is the eyelid?
the back of the organ or body
What is dorsal?
surrounds and protects the spinal cord
What is spinal?
muscles, fascia, and tendons
What is the muscular system?
AX
What is axillary?
staphyl/o
What is clusters/bunch of grapes?
on the front of or forward part of an organ
What is anterior?
surrounds and protects the heart and lungs
What is thoracic?
heart, arteries, veins, capillaries, and blood
What is the cardiovascular?
ENT
ear, nose, throat
bucc/o
What is the cheek?
in the back of or back part of an organ
What is posterior?
contains the major organs of digestion
What is abdominal?
lymph, lymphatic vessels, and lymph nodes
What is the lymphatic system?
SOB
What is shortness of breathe?
aque/o
What is water?
uppermost, above, or toward the head
What is superior?
contains the organs of the reproductive and excretory systems
What is pelvic?
tonsils, spleen, thymus, skin, and specialized blood cells
What is the immune system?
Rx
What is prescription?
cubit/o
What is the elbow?