Human Body Regions

Body parts and their names, posterior names in ()

Abdominal

Region inferior to the thorax and superior to the pelvic brim of the hip bones

Antebrachial

Forearm

Antecubital

Region anterior to elbow (front of elbow)

Auricular

Visible surface structures of the ear

Axillary

Armpit

Brachial

Arm (between the shoulder and the elbow)

Buccal

Cheek

Calcaneal

Heel of the foot

Carpal

Wrist

Cephalic

Head

Cervical

Neck

Cranial

Skull

Crural

Leg (between the knee and the ankle)

Deltoid

Shoulder

Digital

Fingers or toes (Phalangeal)

Dorsal/Dorsum

Back

Facial

Face

Femoral

Thigh

Fibular

Lateral aspect of the leg

Frontal

Forehead

Gluteal

Buttock

Hallux

Great toe

Hip

Lateral region between trunk and thigh

Inguinal

Groin (crease between the thigh and trunk)

Lumbar

The “small of the back” (between the ribs and the pelvis)

Mammary

Breast

Manus

Hand

Mental

Chin

Nasal

Nose

Occipital

Posterior aspect of the head

Olecranal

Posterior aspect of the elbow

Oral

Mouth

Orbital

Eye

Palmar

Palm (anterior surface of the hand)

Patellar

Kneecap

Pectoral

Chest, includes the mammary region

Pelvic

Pelvis (region inferior to the pelvic brim of the hip bones)

Perineal

Diamond shaped region between the thighs that contain the anus and the external reproductive organs

Popliteal

Area posterior to the knee

Pes

Foot

Plantar

Sole of the foot

Pollex

Thumb

Pubic

Anterior region of the pelvis

Radial

Lateral aspect of forearm

Sacral

Posterior region between the hip bones

Scapular

Shoulder blade

Sternal

Anterior middle region of the thorax

Sural

Calf (Posterior part of the leg)

Tarsal

Proximal part of the foot and the ankle

Thoracic

Part of the torso superior to thoracic diaphragm, contains the pectoral, axillary, and sternum

Tibial

Medial aspect of the leg

Ulnar

Medial aspect of the forearm (pinky side)

Umbilical

Navel

Vertebral

Spinal Column