Anatomy & Physiology Lab

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Define: superior

above
Define: inferior

below
Define: medial

toward the midline of the body
Define: lateral

away from the midline of the body
Define: proximal

nearer the trunk of the body or point of attachment
Define: distal

farther from the trunk of the body or point of attachment
Define: superficial

toward the body surface
Define: deep

away from the body surface
Define: anterior/ventral

toward the front
Define: posterior/dorsal

toward the back
What are the 3 planes of the body?
- frontal
- sagittal
- horizontal/transverse
What is the sagittal plane?

slices object down middle, making left half and right half
What is the frontal plane?
- aka coronal plane
- split object into front half and back half
What is the transverse/horizontal plane?

divides body into upper half and lower half
What is in the dorsal cavity?

cranial and vertebral cavities
What is in the cranial cavity?

brain
What is in the vertebral cavity?

spinal cord
What does the ventral body cavity consist of?

thoracic & abdominopelvic cavities
What is in the thoracic cavity?

heart and the lungs
What does the mediastinum consist of?

median compartment of the thoracic cavity
What does the pleural cavity consist of?

fluid filled space around the lungs
What does the pericardial cavity consist of?

fluid filled space around the heart
What does the abdominopelvic cavity consist of?

abdominal and pelvic cavities
What is in the abdominal cavity?
- digestive organs
- kidneys
- ureters
What is in the pelvic cavity?
- urninary bladder
- internal reproductive organs
- rectum
What is a serous membrane?

dbl layered fluid filled sacs around organs like heart and the lungs
Define: parietal pericardium

outermost layer of the serous membrane around the heart
Define: visceral pericardium

innermost layer of the serous membrane around the heart
Define: pericardial cavity

fluid filled space between the parietal and visceral pericardium
Define: parietal pleura

outermost layer of the serous membrane around the lungs
Define: visceral pleura

innermost layer of the serous membrane around the lungs
Define: pleural cavity

fluid filled space between the patrietal and visceral pleura
What are the 4 abdominopelvic quadrants?
- Right upper quadrant
- Left Upper quadrant
- Right lower quadrant
- Left lower quadrant
What are the 9 abdominopelvic regions?
- R hypochondriac Epigastric L hypochondriac
- R lumbar umbilical L lumbar
- R iliac hypogastric L iliac

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Anatomy & Physiology Lab

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