EPHE 141 Lab Quiz 1 (excluding Integumentary)

Anatomical position, directional terms, body regions, anatomical planes

anatomical position

viewed form the anterior (ventral) surface, palms forward, body erect

axial skeleton

skull and associated bones, vertebral column, thoracic cage

appendicular skeleton

upper and lower limbs, pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle

mental

chin

buccal

cheek/cheekbone

thoracic

chest (superior to the diaphragm and inferior to the clavicle)

axillary

armpit, proximal arm area

coxal

lateral hip region

carpal

wrist

pollex

thumb

palmar

anterior hand

perineal

genitals to anus

patellar

anterior knee

crural

anterior shin

sural

posterior shin

tarsal

ankle

arcomial

deltoid/lateral shoulder region

antecubital

anterior elbow

antebrachial

forearm

inguinal

bikini line

Dorsum

“top” of foot or posterior hand

hallux

big toe

otic

ear

cephalic

head

cervical

neck

olecranal

posterior elbow

sacral

tailbone area

popliteal

posterior knee

calcaneal

heel

anterior

front surface of the body (ventral)

posterior

back surface of the body (dorsal)

cranial/cephalic

on head/torso, closer to the head (superior)

caudal

on head/torso, closer to the feet (inferior)

sagittal

divided left and right (aka median or midsaggital)

parasaggital

saggital plane that does not occur on the midline

coronal

anterior/posterior (frontal)

transverse

superior/inferior (horizontal)