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Anatomical Regions of the Human Body

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  • What is the cephalic region?
    The cephalic region refers to the head and includes areas such as the frontal, orbital, nasal, buccal (cheek), oral, and mental (chin).
  • Name the regions included in the thoracic area.
    The thoracic region includes the sternal, axillary, and mammary areas.
  • What does the abdominal region encompass?
    The abdominal region includes the area around the umbilicus (navel).
  • Define the pelvic region.
    The pelvic region refers to the area around the inguinal (groin).
  • What is the pubic region?
    The pubic region is the genital area.
  • List the parts of the upper limb.
    The upper limb includes the acromial, brachial (arm), antecubital, olecranal, antebrachial (forearm), and carpal (wrist) regions.
  • What are the components of the manus (hand)?
    The manus includes the metacarpal, palmar, pollex (thumb), and digital (fingers) regions.
  • Name the regions of the lower limb.
    The lower limb includes the coxal (hip), femoral (thigh), patellar, popliteal, crural (leg), sural (calf), and fibular or peroneal areas.
  • What areas make up the pedal (foot) region?
    The pedal region includes the tarsal (ankle), calcaneal, metatarsal, digital (toes), plantar, and hallux (big toe).
  • What is the cervical region?
    The cervical region refers to the neck area.
  • Identify the regions of the back (dorsal).
    The back (dorsal) includes the scapular, vertebral, lumbar, sacral, gluteal, and perineal (between anus and external genitalia) regions.
  • What is the occipital region?
    The occipital region is the back of the head.
  • Define the acromial region.
    The acromial region is the point of the shoulder.
  • What is the olecranal region?
    The olecranal region is the back of the elbow.
  • Where is the antecubital region located?
    The antecubital region is the front of the elbow.
  • What does the pollex refer to?
    The pollex is the thumb of the hand.
  • What is the patellar region?
    The patellar region is the front of the knee.
  • Define the popliteal region.
    The popliteal region is the back of the knee.
  • What is the sural region?
    The sural region refers to the calf of the leg.
  • Where is the calcaneal region?
    The calcaneal region is the heel of the foot.