What are the 5 key features of anatomical position?
- Facing forwards 2. Arms down at the side 3. Palms facing forwards 4. thumbs pointing to the side 5. POV of patient/figure
What does anterior mean?
towards the front of the body
What does posterior/dorsal mean?
towards the back of the body
What does superior mean?
Towards the top of the body
What does inferior mean?
towards the bottom of the body
What does cranial/cephalic mean?
towards the top, specifically skull and vertebral column/brian and spinal cord
What does caudal mean?
near the bottom, specifically skull and vertrebral column/ brain and spinal cord
What does medial mean?
towards the midline of the body
What does lateral mean?
towards the side
when describing structures that have depth and layers, what two terms do we use?
superficial and deep
What does proximal mean? Give an example
situated closer to the origin of the body. The shoulder is proximal to the wrist
What does distal mean? Give an example
Situated further from the origin of the body. Example: the wrist is distal to the elbow
What is the sagittal plane seperating? What is it good for looking at?
the left and right. anterior to posterier. superior to inferior.
What is the coronal/frontal plane seperating? What is it good for looking at?
the anterior form the posterior. right to left and superior to inferior.
What is the axial (horizontal/transverse/cross section) plane seperating? What is it good for viewing? What is the top of the image and what is the bottom?
the superior from the inferior. left and right, anterior and posterior. anterior will be the top of the image and posterior is the bottom of the image»_space; feet towards you.
What is the oblique plane? What is one use for this irl?
a plane that passes diagonally through 2 other planes. imaging the achilles tendon which is diagonal across two planes
What are the 4 body cavities?
Dorsal; brain and spine. Ventral; thoracic = heart, trachea, esophagus, lungs. abdominopelvic = stomach, liver, galbladder, urinary bladder, rectum, reproductive systems
