Regional Anatomy

Axial & Appendicular Regions

Axial : head, neck, and trunk (vertical axis of the body)

Appendicular: upper and lower limbs (appendages)

Abdominal

Region inferior to the thorax (chest) & superior to the hip bones

Auricular

Ear (visible surface structures of the ear and the ear’s internal organs)

Axillary

Armpit

Brachial

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

Calcaneal

Heel of the foot

Carpal

Wrist

Cervical

Neck

Cranial

Skull

Deltoid

Shoulder

Digital

Fingers or toes (also called phalangeal)

Femoral

Thigh

Fibular

Lateral aspect of the lower leg

Frontal

Forehead

Gluteal

Buttock

Hallux

Big Toe

Inguinal

Groin (sometimes used to indicate just the crease in the junction of the thigh with the trunk)

Lumbar

Relating to the loins, or part of the back and sides between the ribs and pelvis

Nasal

Nose

Occipital

Posterior aspect of the head

Olecranal

Posterior of the elbow

Oral

Mouth

Orbital

Eye (around the eye)

Palmar

Palm of the hand

Patellar

Kneecap (around the kneecap)

Pectoral

structures related to the chest or breast. Most commonly, the large muscles that connect the front of the chest to the bones of the upper arm and shoulder.

Pelvic

Pelvis (think pelvic bone)

Pollex

Thumb

Popliteal

Area posterior to the knee

Pubic

Anterior region of the pelvis

Radial

Lateral aspect of the forearm

Sacral

Posterior region between the hip bones (right above the gluteal crack)

Scapular

Shoulder blade (posterior)

Sternal

Anterior middle region of the thorax

Sural

Calf (posterior part of the leg)

Tarsal

Root of the foot [includes talus (ankle bone) and calcaneus (heel bone)]

Thoracic

Chest or thorax [Area around lung]

Tibial

Medial aspect of the lower leg

Ulnar

Medial aspect of the forearm

Vertebral

Spinal column