Anatomical Terms and Regions Wish List

Lab 1 Wish List

cephalic

head

cranium

skull

facial

face

frons

forehead

oculus/orbital

eye

auris or otic

ear

bucca/buccal

cheek

nasus/nasal

nose

oris/oral

mouth

mentis

chin

cervicis/cervical

neck

trunk

body less head, neck and limbs

acromial

shoulder

dorsum/dorsal

back

thoracis/thoracic

chest

mamma

breast

abdomen

abdomen

umbilicus

naval

pelvis

pelvis

upper extremity

upper limb

axilla

armpit

brachium/antebrachial

arm

antecubitis/antecubital

front of elbow

olecranon

back of elbow

antebrachium/antebrachial

forearm

carpus/carpal

wrist

palma/palmar

palm

pollex

thumb

digits/phalanx

fingers

manus

hand

inguen/inguinal

groin

pubis/pubic

pubis

lumbus/lumbar

loin

anterior

front, before

posterior

back, behind

dorsal

back side

ventral

belly side

cranial/cephalic

towards the head

caudal

towards the tail/coccyx

superior

above

inferior

below

medial

towards the midline

lateral

away from the midline

proximal

toward an attached base

distal

away from an attached base

gluteus

buttock

lower extremity

lower limb

femur/femoral

thigh

patella/patellar

kneecap

crus/crural

leg

sura/sural

calf

tarsus

ankle

pes

foot

calcaneus

heel of foot

planta

sole of foot

digits/phalanx

toes

hallus

great toe

BODY CAVITIES

dorsal, cranial, spinal, ventral, thoracic, right and left pleural, mediastinum, pericardial, abdominopelvic, abdominal, pelvic

PLANES AND SECTIONS

sagittal, midsagittal, frontal/coronal, transverse

ABDOMINOPELVIC QUADRANTS

right upper, right lower, left upper, left lower

ABDOMINOPELVIC REGIONS

right hypochondriac, left hypochondriac, epigastric, right lumbar, left lumbar, umbilical, right iliac, left iliac, hypogastric