Anatomy intro. directions and regions

Humans: Phylum

Chordata

Phylum Chordata characteristics

1.) a notochord

2.) a dorsal, hollow nervous system

3.) pharyngeal pouches

Human class

Mammalia

Class mammalian characteristics

1.) mammary glands

2.) hair

3.) convoluted cerebral hemispheres

4.) heterodont dentition

Human order

Primates

Human family

Hominid are

Characteristics of primates and hominid are

Large cerebral hemispheres, prehensile hands, bipedal locomotion

Characteristics of Homo Sapiens

1.) a large, well-developed brain

2.) bipedal locomotion with sigmoidal curvature of the spine

3.) stereoscopic vision directed forwards for depth perception

4.) opposable thumbs with a saddle joint

5.) well-developed vocal structures for articulated speech

Anterior

In front of; toward the front surface

Posterior

In back of; toward the back surface

Dorsal

At the back side of the human body

Ventral

At the belly side of the human body

Superior

Toward the head or above

Inferior

Toward the feet

Caudal

At the rear or tail end

Cranial

At the head end

Medial

Toward the midline of the body

Lateral

Away from the midline of the body

Deep

On the inside, underneath another structure

Superficial

On the outside

Proximal

Closest to point of attachment to trunk

Distal

Furthest from the point of attachment to trunk

Abdominal

Region inferior to the thorax and superior to the hip bones

Antebrachial

Forearm

Ante cubital

Region in front of the elbow

Axilar y

Armpit

Brachial

Arm

Bucal

Cheek

Calcaneal

Heel of the foot

Carpal

Wrist

Cephalic

Head

Cervical

Neck

Coxal

Hip

Cranial

Skull

Crural

Leg

Deltoid

Shoulder

Digital

Fingers or toes

Dorsal

Back

Facial

Face

Femoral

Thigh

Frontal

Forehead

Gluteal

Butt

Hallux

Big toe

Inguinal

Groin

Lumbar

Loin

Mammary

Breast

Manus

Hand

Mental

Chin

Nasal

Nose

Occipital

Posterior base of the head

Olecranal

Posterior of the elbow

Oral

Mouth

Orbital

Eye

Palmar

Palm of the hand

Patellar

Knee cap

Pelvic

Pelvis

Perineal

Region between the anus and the external reproductive organs

Pes

Foot

Plantar

Sole of foot

Polled

Thumb

Popliteal

Area posterior to the knee

Pubic

Anterior region of the pelvis

Sacral

Posterior region between the hip bones

Scapular

Shoulder blade

Eternal

Middle of the thorax anteriorly

Sural

Calf

Tarsal

Ankle

Thoracic

Chest or thorax

Umbilical

Navel

Vertebral

Spinal column

Right hypochondriac region

Right upper region

Epigastric region

Upper central region

Left hypochondriac region

Left upper region

Right lumbar region

Right middle region

Umbilical region

Central middle region

Left lumbar region

Left middle region

Right iliac region

Right lower region

Hypogastric region

Central lower region

Left iliac region

Left lower region