Anatamy terms

What is the anatomical postion?

Facing forward, arms at sides, palms forward

Superior

to the head or upper part of the structure/body; above

Inferior

away from the head, end towards the lower part structure; below

What is another name for Anterior

Ventral

Anterior/Ventral

towards/ at the front of the body

What is another name for Posterior?

Dorsal

Posterior/Dorsal

towards or at the back of the body

Medial

at the midline on the body inner

Axial

Trunk/core of the body

Appendicular

limbs of the body

lateral

away from the midline of the body

Intermediate

between more meidal and more lateral

Proximal

close to the point of attachment to the body trunk

Distal

further from the origin port or point of attachment

Superfical

closer to the body surface

Deep

away from the body surface

Sagittal section

Length (longitude). It divides the body into left and right

Midsagittal

right and left have equal parts. The mid section

What is another name for Frontal?

Coronal

Frontal/coronal plane

(length) divides the body into anterior and posterior

Transversal plane

horizontal plane that is the cross-section

What does the dorsal cavity protect?

Protection of delicate central nervous system neurons

What are the subcavities of the dorsal cavity?

Cranial and spinal

What is the cranial cavity?

Superior; brain pituitary gland

What is the spinal cavity?

inferior and spinal cord

What is the ventral cavity

much larger than the dorsal cavity

What are the subcavities of the vental cavity

Thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

What are the subcavities of the abdominopelvic cavity

abdomial and pelvic

Structure that divides the thoracic cavity

Superior - trachea, lungs, and heart

Diaphragm - dome-shaped, muscular division with thoratic and abdominal

What separates the lungs into the left and right cality

mediastinum

Plerua (plural membrane)

surrounds the lungs

What membrane surrounds the heart called

Pericardium

Superiors Abdomunal Cavity

stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs

Inferior pelvic cavity

Reproductive organs, bladder, rectum

Peritineum/perionial membrane

surrounds organs within abdominopelvic cavity