Mometrix TEAS 7 SCI: General Anatomy and Physio

saggital/lateral

divides body in half into LEFT and RIGHT sections

frontal/coronal

divides body in half into FRONT (anterior) and BACK (posterior) sections

transverse/horizontal

divides body in half into UPPER (superior) and LOWER (inferior) sections

medial

Refers to structures NEARER from the midline of the body

ie: the little finget is _____ to the thumb

lateral

Refers to structures AWAY from the midline of the body

ie: the thumb is _____ to the little finger

proximal

Refers to structures CLOSER to the center of the body

ie: the hip is _____ to the knee

distal

Refers to structures FURTHER to the center of the body

ie: the knee is _____ to the hip

anterior

refers to structures in front

posterior

refers to structures behind

cephalad or cephalic

towards the head or skull

caudad or caudal

towards the tail or posterior

superior

means above or closer to the head

inferior

means below or closer to the feet

Abdominal Regions

• right hyperchondriac

• epigastric

• left hyperchondriac

• right lumbar

• umbilical

• left lumbar

• right illiac

• hypogastric

• left illiac

abdominal quadrants

• Right Upper Quadrant

• Left Upper Quadrant

• Right Lower Quadrant

• Left Lower Quadrant