Sagittal Plane
Longitudinal Plane
Coronal Plane
Frontal Plane
Transverse Plane
Cross/axial Plane
Abdominal Quadrants
- Right upper quadrant
- Left upper quadrant
- Right lower quadrant
- Left lower quadrant
Thoracic Landmarks
Ribs & intercostal spaces
Regions of the Abdomen
- Right hypochondriac region
- Epigastric region
- Left hypochondriac region
- Right lumbar region
- Umbilical region
- Left lumbar region
- Right iliac/inguinal region
- Hypogastric/pubic region
- Left iliac/inguinal region
Mediastinum
The region of the thorax between the lungs
Body Cavities
- Cranial cavity (meninges)
- Pericardial cavity
- Pleural cavity
- Peritoneal cavity (abdominopelvic)
Organs that move are pushed into body cavities
Where is the cranial cavity (meninges) found?
Brain and spinal cord
Where is rhe pericardial cavity found?
Heart
Where is the pleural cavity found?
Lungs
Where is the peritoneal cavity (abdominopelvic) found?
GI tract and reproductive organs
Are the organs inside the body cavities?
NO - Body cavities are potential spaces
What can potential spaces be filled up with?
Potential spaces have the potential to be filled with fluid, blood or air resulting in disease
Death can also result due to “cardiac tamponade”
Appendicular skeleton
Upper limbs
- Scapula
- Clavicle
- Humerus
- Radius
- Ulna
- Carpal bones
- Metacarpals
- Phalanges
Lower limbs
- Pelvic bones
- Femur
- Patella
- Tibia
- Fibula
- Tarsal bones
- Metatarsals
- Phalanges
Axial skeleton
- Skull
- Sternum
- Ribs (costa)
- Vertebrae
- Cervical (7)
- Thoracic (12)
- Lumbar (5)
- Sacrum
