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1.7 Anatomical Terms ( Regions, Positions, Directions, Sections, and Planes OH MY!)

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  • Anatomy uses a language of its own.

    What is the language called?

    Medical terminology

  • Hands at the sides and with the palms facing forward and feet together

    Anatomical position

  • Lying face up

    Supine

  • Lying face down

    Prone

    • Used by clinicians to locate aches, pains, injuries.

    • Formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect at the navel (umbilicus).

    Abdominoplevic quadrants (4)

  • Used by anatomists for more precise location of internal organs

    Abdominoplevic regions (9)

    • RUQ

    • LUQ

    • RLQ

    • LLQ

    • Right Upper Quadrant

    • Left Upper Quadrant

    • Right Lower Quadrant

    • Left Lower Quadrant

  • Name all NINE abdominopelvic regions.

    (READ FROM LEFT TO RIGHT SINCE EVERYTHING IS OPPOSITE)

    • Right hypochondriac region

    • Epigastiric region

    • Left hypochondriac region

    • Right lumbar region

    • Umbilical region

    • Left lumbar region

    • Right inguinal region

    • Hypogastric (pubic) region

    • Left inguinal region

  • Provide an orientation of structures relative to anatomical position

    Directional terms

  • Towards an attached base

    Proximal

  • Away from the attached base

    Distal

  • Towards the midline

    Medial

  • Away from the midline

    Lateral

  • Above; at a higher level (in the human body, towards the head)

    Superior

  • Below; at a lower level; toward the feet

    Inferior

  • At, near, or relatively close to the body surface

    Superficial

  • Towards the interior of the body; farther from the surface

    Deep

  • Towards the head

    Cranial or Cephalic

  • The back surface

    Posterior or Dorsal

  • The front surface

    Anterior

  • The belly side (equivalent to anterior)

    Ventral

  • Towards the coccyx

    Caudual

    • Runs along the long axis of the body.

    • Extends laterally (side to side)

    • Divides the body into anterior and posterior planes

    Frontal plane (or coronal plane)

    • Like anterior plane it also runs along the long axis of the body, but it extends anteriorly and posteriorly (front to back).

    • Divides the body into left and right portions

    Sagittal plane

  • A cut that passes along the body's midline and divides the body into left and right halves.

    Midsagittal section

  • Lies at right angles to the long (head-to-foot) axis of the body, dividing the body into superior and inferior portions

    Transverse plane