Anatomical Land marks and Directional References Flashcards
(63 cards)
1
Q
what is cranial?
A
skull
2
Q
what is facial?
A
face
3
Q
what is frontal?
A
head
4
Q
what is nasal?
A
nose
5
Q
what is ocular?
A
eye
6
Q
what is octic?
A
ear
7
Q
what is buccal?
A
cheek
8
Q
what is cervical?
A
neck
9
Q
what is thoracic?
A
chest
10
Q
what is mammary?
A
breast
11
Q
what is abdominal?
A
abdomen
12
Q
what is umbilical?
A
navel or belly button
13
Q
what is pelvic?
A
pelvis
14
Q
what is manual?
A
hand
15
Q
what is inguinal?
A
groin
16
Q
what is pubic?
A
pubis
17
Q
what is femoral?
A
thigh
18
Q
what is pedal?
A
foot
19
Q
what is hallux?
A
big toe
20
Q
what are digits?
A
toes
21
Q
what is tarsal?
A
ankle
22
Q
what is crural?
A
leg
23
Q
what is patellar?
A
kneecap
24
Q
what are digits on the hand?
A
fingers
25
what is a pollex?
thumb
26
what is a palmar?
palm
27
what is carpal?
wrist
28
what is antebrachial?
forearm
29
what is antecubital?
front of elbow
30
what is brachial?
arm
31
what is axillary?
armpit
32
what is metal?
chin
33
what is oral?
mouth
34
what is cephalic?
head
35
what is acromial?
shoulders
36
what is dorsal?
back
37
what is olecranal?
bak of elbow
38
what is lumbar?
loin
39
what is gluteal?
buttock
40
what is popliteal?
back of knee
41
what is sural?
calf
42
what is calcaneal?
your heel
43
what is plantar?
sole of foot
44
what is in the right hypochondriac region?
part of liver and lung
45
what is in the epigastric region?
liver, pancreas, part of the stomach
46
what is in the left hypochondriac region?
part of the stomach and the spleen
47
what is in the right lumbar region?
part of the ascending colon
48
what is in the umbilical region?
small intestine and large intestine
49
what is in the left lumbar region?
part of the descending colon
50
what is in the right inguinal region?
some of the large intestine
51
what is in the hypogastric region?
appendix, large intestine, and the urinary bladder
52
what is in the left inguinal region?
part of the large intestine
53
What does proximal mean?
towards the point of attachment of the limb to the trunk
54
what does distal mean?
away from the point of attachment of a limb to a trunk
55
what does medial mean?
toward midline
56
what does lateral mean?
away from the midline
57
what does posterior mean?
toward the back
58
what does anterior mean?
toward the front
59
what does cephalic mean?
towards the head
60
what does caudal mean?
towards the feet
61
what does sagittal plane mean?
a cut that cuts the body in half vertically
62
what does frontal plane mean?
cut down horizontally to separate the front and the back
63
what does transverse plane mean?
cut horizontally in the middle of the body separating the top from the bottom
