Anatomy - Body plan and Organization

What is the anatomic position

Standing erect

Face forward

Upper limbs at side with palms forward

What is a Coronal dissection

Frontal, anterior and posterior (the front and the back)

What is a transverse dissection

horizontal, superior and inferior, horizontal split (above and below)

What is sagittal dissection

Median, vertical, straight through - left and right

What is parasagittal

unequal halves of a median split (unequal left and right portions)

What does superior mean

a part above another part

what does inferior mean

a part below another part

what does anterior mean

toward the front (abdomen)

what does posterior mean

toward the back

what does medial mean

toward the midline (closer to the heart)

what does lateral mean

toward the side, away from middle

what is bilateral

paired stuctures on either side- lungs

what is ipsilateral

positioned on the same side- right arm and right leg

what is contralateral

opposite sides- right arm, left arm

what is proximal

part closer to the point of attachment (elbow proximal to the wrist)

what is distal

part further from the trunk (fingers distal to elbow)

what is superficial

near the surface

what is deep

more internal parts

what is the epigastric region

the upper middle, stomach, liver, pancreas, duodeum

What is hypochondirac

left and right to the epigastic region

whats in the left hypochondriac

the spleen, parts of stomach, parts of colon and parts of pancreas

Whats in the right hypochondriac

liver, gallbladder, kidney, small intestine

What is the umbilical region

the middle middle, parts of the small intestine and duodeum

whats in the left lumbar

decending colon, left kidney

whats in the right lumbar

gallbladder, liver, colon

whats the public/hypogastric region

lowest middle region of the abdomen

whats in the hypogastric region

uniary bladder, sigoid colon, remaile reporductive organs

whats the right iliac/inguinal whats in it

L and R hypogastric region

the appendix and cecum

whats the left iliac/inguinal and whats in it

decending colon, signiod colon

whats in the Right upper quadrant

liver, gallbaldder, right kidney, intestines, parts of pancreas

Whats on the RLQ

appendix, cecum, intestines, right ureter

whats in the LUQ

stomach, spleen, pancreas, intestines

whats in the LLQ

intestines, urinary and reporductive systems

where is abdominal

between the thorax and pelvis

where is the acromial

point of the shoulder

what is the antebrachial

the forearm

whats the axillary

the armpit

what is the brachial

the arm

what is the buccal

the cheek

what is the carpal

the wrist

what is the celiac

abdomen

what is the cephalic

the head

what is the cervical

the neck

what is the costal

the ribs

what is the coxal

hip

what is the crural

lower anterior leg (shin)

what is the cubital

outside of elbow

what is a digital

a finger or toe

what is the dorsum

the back

what is the femoral

the thigh

what is the frontal

forehead

what are the genital

external reprodctive organs

what is the gluteal

buttocks

what is the inguinal

depressed area of abdominal wall near the thigh

what is the lumbar

the lower region of the back, last 5 verterbrae

what is the mammary

breast

what is the mental

chin

what is the nasal

the nose

what is the occipital

the lower back of the head

what is the oral

the mouth

what is the otic

the ear

what is the palmar

palm of hand

what is the patellar

front of knee

what is the pectoral

the chest

what is the pedal

the foot

what is the pelvic

the pelvis

what is the perineal

the region between anus and external genitals

what is the plantar

the sole/under of the foot

whats the popiteal

the area behind the knee

whats the sacral

back region between hipbones

what is the sternal

middle of the thorax, anterior

whats the sural

calf of the leg

whats the tarsal

the instep of foot/ ankel

whats the umbilical

navel/belly button

what is the vertebral

the spinal column

what are parts of the dorsal body cavity

Cranial- brain

vertebral

what are the ventral body cavity

thoracic cavity- heart lungs

abdmonal cavity- stomach and spleen

pelvic cavity- bladder, reproductive

what separtes the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity

the diaphragm

what separates the abdominal cavity from the pelvic cavity

the peritoneal

what is a serous membrane

a body cavity that does not open to the external environment

what is the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity

the pleura

what is the serous membrane lining the abdomincal cavity

peritoneum

whats the serous membrane lining the heart

pericardium

what is a visceral layer

layer intimately attached to an organ

skin of an apple to an apple

what is a parietal layer

lines the inner walls of body cavities

wallpaper to a wall of the room

what are mucous membranes

body cavities that open to the external enviornment

what is homeostasis

the process where the body remains in narrow limits for its various physiologic conditions

examples of homeostais

blood pressure

body temp

blood sugar

what are the essential components of all homeostatic control mechanisms

receptor

control center

effector

what is motor output

message sent by the nervous system to invoke a physical response

what is a sensory input

stimulus that your body receives and processes

what is a negative feedback mechanism

response causes the initial stimulus to decline (returning conditions to normal)

what is positive stimulus

when the response enhances the initial stimulus ( moves condition away from the normal state)

what is more common negitive or positive feedback

negative, positive is only labor and blood clotting