Body orientation and directions

lecture 2

Name the the body cavity that includes the orange organs.

Dorsal Cavity : Spinal cavity & Cranial cavity

What plane divides the body side to side ?

Coronal

Upper and Lower ?

Superior & Inferior

What plane splits the body into two unequal halves?

Parasagittal plane

What cavity is less protected ?

Ventral cavity

What organs include the ventral cavity ?

Thoracic cavity : heart & lungs

Abdomino-pelvic : digestive,urinary and reproductive systems

What is found in the far mid right of the abdomen?

Right lumbar region

What is found in the middle of the quadrant?

Umbilical

What does hypo mean ? examples

It means being inferior something . e.g. Hypochondriac & Hypogastric

Cephalic ?

Head

What is the most inferior part in the abdomen ?

iliac regions

Proximal vs …..

Distal

Lateral vs ….

Medial