HA&P - Lab Exercise 1

What is the anatomical position?

The human body in anatomical position is erect, our feet are slightly apart, head and toes are pointed forward, and the arms are hanging at the sides with palms facing forward

What region includes the head, neck, and trunk, and it runs along the vertical axis of the body?

Axial Region

What region includes the limbs, which are also called the appendages?

Appendicular Region

What directional term means above in the human body?

Superior

What directional term means below in the human body?

Inferior

What directional term means front in the human body?

Anterior

What directional term means back in the human body?

Posterior

What directional term means toward the midline in the human body?

Medial

What directional term means away from the midline or median plane in the human body?

Lateral

What directional term means toward the head & is synonymous to anterior with four-legged animals?

Cephalad (Cranial)

What directional term means toward the tail & is synonymous to posterior with four-legged animals?

Caudal

What directional term means belly side & is synonymous with inferior in four legged animals?

Ventral

What directional term means backside & is synonymous to superior with four-legged animals?

Dorsal

What directional term means nearer the trunk or attached end?

Proximal

What directional term means farther from the trunk or point of attachment?

Distal

What directional term means toward or at the body surface?

Superficial (External)

What directional term means away from the body surface?

Deep (Internal)

What kind of plane runs longitudinally and it divides the body into right and left parts?

Sagittal Plane

What is it called if the sagittal plane divides the body into equal parts and right through the midline of the body?

Median/Midsagittal Plane

What plane is sometimes called a coronal plane, and it is a longitudinal plane that divides the body to anterior and posterior parts?

Frontal Plane

What kind of plane runs horizontally and it divides the body into superior and inferior parts?

Transverse Plane

With the transverse plane it makes sections to what it can be commonly called?

Cross Sections

What cavity in the Dorsal Body Cavity consist to which it lies within the rigid skull and encases the brain?

Cranial Cavity

What cavity in the Dorsal Body Cavity, runs through the bony vertebral column to enclose the spinal cord?

Vertebral (Spinal) Cavity

What cavity in the Ventral Body Cavity, is separated from the rest of the ventral cavity by the diaphragm, and the heart and lungs are located?

Thoracic Cavity

What cavity in the Ventral Body Cavity is inferior to the diaphragm called?

Abdominopelvic Cavity

What cavity in the Abdominopelvic Cavity, is the area that houses the stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs?

Abdominal Cavity

What cavity in the Abdominopelvic Cavity, is the area that is enclosed by the bony pelvis and contains the reproductive organs?

Pelvic Cavity

In the walls of the ventral body cavity and the outer surfaces of the organs, what is covered by?

The Serosa (Serous Membrane)

In the membrane lining the cavity walls, what is it referred to?

Parietal Serosa

What covers the external surface of the organs within the cavity and it produces a thin lubricating fluid that allows the visceral organs to slide over?

Visceral Serosa

What are the four abdominopelvic quadrants?

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)

Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ) Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

What region in the abdominopelvic region is the centermost region?

Umbilical Region

What region in the abdominopelvic region is immediately superior to the umbilical region where it overlies most of the stomach?

Epigastric Region

What region in the abdominopelvic region is immediately inferior the umbilical region?