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Regional Anatomy
Regional Anatomy Terms
Question | Answer |
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frontal | forehead |
nasal | nose |
orbital | eye |
mental | chin |
buccal | cheek |
cervical | neck |
thoracic | chest |
acromial | shoulder |
axillary | armpit |
brachial | arm |
antebrachial | forearm |
carpal | 8 bones in wrist |
manus | hand |
palmer | palm |
pollex | thumb |
digital | fingers/toes |
coxal | hip |
inguinal | groin |
femoral | thigh, upper part of leg |
patellar | knee cap |
popliteal | back of knee |
crural | leg |
sural | calf |
peroneal/fibular | side of your leg |
tarsal | ankle |
metatarsal | top of foot |
plantar | bottom of foot |
hallux | big toe |
perineal | place between vaginia and anus |
dorsal | cranial and vetebral (back) |
ventral | thoracic, abdominal and pelvic |
head | oral, nasal, orbital, middle ear |
synovial | surround every moveable point in your body. Your joints will not move w/o this type of fluid. |
itis | (words ending in) inflamation of |
membranes | serous-require lubrication, parietal-gas, bloating, visceral-area surrounding lungs. |
abdominal | umbilical |
antecubital | inside elbow |
olecranal | elbow |
calcaneal | back side of ankle |
mammary | breast |
sternal | breast bone - area between breasts |
oral | mouth |
pubic | genital |
metacarpal | back side of hand |
pedal | foot |
gluteal | buttox |
sacral | is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine |
lumbar | are the largest and strongest in the movable part of the spinal column, In most mammals, this region of the spine curves outward. |
vertebral | spine |
scapular | shoulder blade |
occipital | back of head |
otic | ear |
cephalic | pertaining to the head |
transverse plane | runs horizontally from right to left |
median (midsagittal) plane | a plane that lies exactly in the midline |
frontal plane | lie vertical dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts |
frontal section | through torso |
transverse section | through torso, inferior view |
median section | midsagittal (lower middle part of body) |