Ch.1 - Body Regions

abdominal

belly

sacral

to the sacrum, a triangular-shaped bone located at the lower end of the spine (or lower end of lumbar/lower back)

Dorsum (hand or feet)

the upper or top surface of the foot, the opposite of the sole or the opposite side of the palm (hand)

manus

Hand

Mammary

Breast

Mental

Chin

Palmar

Palm

antebrachial

forearm (elbow to wrist)

auricular

Ear

axillary

armpit

brachial

Arm (the portion of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow)

buccal

cheek

carpal

wrist

cervical

neck

coxal

hip

cranial

Skull (back of the head inferior view)

Cephalic

Head (in the front anterior viewer)

Antecubital

Front of elbow

olecranal

Back of elbow

crural

front of leg

deltoid

shoulder

digital

fingers & toes

frontal

forehead

femoral

thigh

Inguinal

Groin (top of the pubic region)

gluteal

buttocks

lumbar

lower back (its medial in the posterior view)

nasal

nose

occipital

back of head (inferior to cranial in the posterior view)

oral

mouth

orbital

eye

patellar

knee

pectoral

chest

Pes (pedal)

foot (feet)

pelvic

lower midsection (inferior to abdominal)

popliteal

back of knee

pubic

genital attachment

sternal

center of chest (sternum)

sural

Calf

tarsal

ankle

thoracic

Back (it’s lateral)

vertebral

Spinal column (backbone, it’s medial in the posterior view)

plantar

Sole of the foot

Calcaneal

Heel (seen in posterior view)

Perineal

Thin layer of skin between your genitals and anus