Body Regional Terms

Pt 1 of the Language of Anatomy

cephalic

head

frontal

forehead

orbital

bony eye socket

nasal

nose

buccal

cheek

oral

mouth

mental

chin

otic/auricular

ear

cranial

surrounding the brain

occipital

back of head

cephalic includes what?

frontal, orbital, nasal, buccal, oral, mental, otic/auricular, cranial, occipital

cervical

neck

thoracic

chest

sternal

sternum

axillary

armpit

mammary

breast

pectoral

muscles of chest

thoracic includes what

sternal, axillary, mammary, pectoral

abdominal

abdomen

umbilical

naval

abdominal includes what

umbilical

pelvic

pelvis

coxal

hip

inguinal

groin

pelvic includes what

coxal, inguinal

pubic

genital

doral

back

scapular

shoulder blade

vertebral

spine

lumbar

lower back

sacral

base of the spine between the hip bones

doral includes what

scapular, vertebral, lumbar, sacral

gluteal

buttock

perineal

the skin between the butthole and genitals

upper limb

arms

acromial

point of shoulder

deltoid

shoulder

brachial

arm

antecubital

anterior surface of the elbow

olecranal

back of elbow

antebrachial

forearm

carpal

wrist

manus

hand

palmar

palm

digital

fingers

pollex

thumb

upper limb includes what

acromial, deltoid, brachial, antecubital, olecranal, antebrachial, carpal, manus, palmar, digital, pollex

lower limb (leg)

leg

femoral

thigh

patellar

kneecap/anterior of knee

popliteal

back of knee

crural

leg

sural

calf

peroneal/fibular

outer/side of leg

tarsal

ankle

pedal/pes

foot

calcaneal

heel

plantar

sole of foot

digital

toes

hallux

big toe

lower limb includes what

femoral, patellar, popliteal, crural, sural, peroneal/fibular, tarsal, pedal/pes, calcaneal, plantar, digital, hallux