Summers Anatomy Vocab

Abdominal

between chest and pelvis (front side)

Antecubital

triangular shallow dip in front side of elbow

Axillary

armpit

Brachial

upper arm ( between shoulder and elbow)

Buccal

Cheek

Calcaneal

heel (bottom side)

Carpal

wrist (connect forearm and hand)

Cephalic

Head

Cervical

neck (connects skull to chest

Coxal

hip bone (pelvic girdle)

Digital

fingers and toes

Femoral

thigh (hip to knee)

Olecranal

back of elbow

Gluteal

the butt (backside)

Inguinal

lower abdominal wall meets thigh

Lumbar

think lower back! between thoracic(chest) and sacrum

Nasal

Nose

Occipital

back of head- base of skull

Oral

Mouth

Orbital

Around Eye

Patellar

front of knee

Pelvic

hip region (upper body to lower legs)

Popliteal

behind the knee

Sacral

below lumbar, triangular bone

Scapular

shoulder blade

Sternal

center of the chest

Tarsal

ankle

Thoracic

Chest area, (neck and abdomen)

Umbilical

belly button

Vertebral

whole spine region

Medial Plane

Splitting the body left and right

Transverse Plane

Splitting the body up and down

Sagittal Plane

Splitting the body into a left and right, uneven

Coronal Plane

Splitting the body into a front and back

Axial

Your body without limbs (trunk)

Medial

Towards the body center

Lateral

Away from the body

Appendicular

All your limbs

Superficial

The outside of the body, shallow

Deep

The inside of the body

Superior

Top half of the body

Inferior

Bottom half of the body

Posterior

The back

Dorsal

Back

Anterior

The front

Ventral

Front

Cranial

Brain area

Abdominopelvic

Abdomen and pelvic region, stores most of the body's vital digestive, reproductive, and urinary organs

Vertebral

Your spine

Thoratic Cavity

The chest between the neck and the abdomen