1
Q
Anatomical Position
A
Forearms forward, Palms forward
2
Q
Supine
A
Palms facing forward or upward
Radius and ulna are parallel
3
Q
Prone
A
palms face rearward or downward
radius & ulna are crossed
4
Q
Planes
A
Planes are imaginary flat surfaces passing through the body
5
Q
Saggital Plane
A
divides body into right and left halves
6
Q
frontal (coronal) plane
A
divides body into front & back portions
7
Q
Transverse (horizontal) plane
A
divides the body into upper & lower portions
8
Q
Head
A
cephalic
9
Q
forehead
A
Frontal
10
Q
Eye socket
A
Orbital
11
Q
Nose
A
Nasal
12
Q
Cheek
A
Buccal
13
Q
MOuth
A
Oral
14
Q
Chin
A
Mental
15
Q
Neck
A
Cervical
16
Q
thorax
A
Thoracic
17
Q
Sternal
A
Sternal
18
Q
Armpit
A
Axillary
19
Q
Breast
A
Mammary
20
Q
belly button
A
Umbilical
21
Q
pelvis
A
pelvic
22
Q
groin area
A
inguinal
23
Q
genital region
A
pubic
24
Q
point of the shouder
A
acromial
25
arm
brachial
26
anterior surface of elbow
antecubital
27
posterior aspect of elbow
olecranal
28
forearm
antebrachial
29
wrist
Carpal
30
hand
manus
31
thumb
pollex
32
palm of hand
palmar
33
fingers
digital
34
hip
coxal
35
thigh
femoral
36
kneecap
patellar
37
back of knee
popliteal
38
leg
crural
39
calf
sural
40
side of the leg
fibular (peroneal)
41
foot
pedal
42
ankle
tarsal
43
heel of the foot
calcaneal
44
toes
digital
45
sole of foot
plantar
46
ear
otic
47
posterior aspect of the head or base of the skull
occipital
48
back
dorsum
49
shoulder blade
scapular
50
area of spinal column
vertebral
51
area of back between the ribs and hips; the loin
lumbar
52
region between the hips, tail bone
sacral
53
buttocks or rump
gluteal
54
region between the anus and external genitalia
perineal
55
plane divides body into equal right and left halves
midsagittal plane
56
plane divides the body into right and left portions
| an infinite number
parasagittal plane
57
head, neck & trunk
axial region
58
upper and lower limbs
appendicular region
59
11 organ systems
Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, nervous, urinary, digestive, reproductive, respiratory
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