anatomy lab

what are the main body regions

• cephalic: head

• cervical: neck

• trunk

• upper limb

• lower limb

frontal

forehead

orbital/ocular

eyes and eye sockets

buccal

cheeks

otic

ears

nasal

nose

oral

mouth

mental

chin

pectoral (mammary)

breast

sternal

breastbone (sternum)

abdominal

abdomen

umbilical

center of abdomen (navel)

coxal

hips

pubic

genitals

scapular

shoulder blades

vertebral

spinal column

lumbar

lower back

axillary

armpits

acromial

shoulders

antecubital

front of elbows

antebrachial

forearms

carpal

wrists

palmar

palms

digital/phalangeal

fingers

femoral

thigh

gluteal

buttocks

patellar

anterior knee

popliteal

posterior knee

crural

shins

sural

calf

fibular

lateral side of the lower limb

tarsal

ankle

calcaneal

heels

plantar

soles of the feet

digital/phalangeal

toes

superior (cranial rat)

above/toward the head

inferior (caudal rat)

away from the head

• Below / toward the feet

anterior (ventral rat)

front

posterior (dorsal rat)

back

medial

toward the midline

lateral

away from the midline

proximal

closer to the trunk

• Which one is closer to where the limb attaches to the body?"

• closer from the attachment.

distal

away from the trunk

• farther from the attachment.

superficial (external rat)

toward/ closer to the bodies surface

deep (internal rat)

away from the surface (inside the body)