Merrill's Volume 1 chapter 3

The study of the structure of the body.

The detailed study of the body of knowledge relating to the bones of the body.

plane that passes through midline and divides the body into equal right and left halves.

plane that passes through the body vertically from side to side, dividing the body into equal anterior and posterior halves.

plane that passes through the body in a horizontal plane, dividing the body into superior and inferior portions.

passes through a body part at any angle between previous three planes.

plane that transects the body at the pelvis at the top of the iliac crests (level of L4).

Plane formed by the biting surfaces of the upper and lower teeth with jaws closed.

• Thoracic cavity
• Abdominal cavity (Pelvic cavity)

• -Pleural membranes (viseral & paritial lining)
• -Lungs
• -Trachea
• -Esophagus
• -Pericardium
• -heart and great vessels

• -Peritoneum
• -Liver
• -Gallbladder
• -Pancreas
• -Spleen
• -Stomach
• -Intestines
• -Kidney (retroparitinial cavity)
• -Ureters
• -Major blood vessels

• -Rectum
• -Urinary bladder
• -Part of the reproductive system

Quadrants and Regions

-quadrants are useful for describing the location of various abdominal organs.

• Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
• Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
• Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
• Left lower quadrant (LLQ)