1. BODY PLANES, DIRECTIONS, CAVITIES

2. BODY PLANES
LINE THROUGH THE BODY AT VARIOUS PARTS TO SEPARATE THE BODY INTO SECTIONS

3. TRANSVERSE PLANE
ONE OF THREE MAIN PLANES

4. TRANSVERSE PLANE
DIVIDES BODY INTO TOP AND BOTTOM HALF

5. SUPERIOR
BODY PARTS ABOVE OTHER PARTS

6. INFERIOR
BODY PARTS BELOW OTHER PARTS

7. EXAMPLE
ANKLE IS SUPERIOR TO THE FOOT BUT INFERIOR TO THE KNEE

8. CRANIAL
BODY PARTS LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD

9. CAUDAL
BODY PARTS LOCATED NEAR THE SACRAL REGION OF THE SPINAL COLUMN OR TAIL

10. MIDSAGITTAL OR MEDIAN PLANE
SECOND OF THREE PLANES

11. MIDSAGITTAL OR MEDIAN PLANE
DIVIDES THE BODY INTO RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES

12. MEDIAL
BODY PARTS CLOSE TO MIDLINE OR PLANE

13. LATERAL
BODY PARTS AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OR PLANE

14. FRONTAL OR CORONAL
THIRD PLANE OF THE BODY

15. FRONTAL OR CORONAL
DIVIDES THE BODY INTO FRONT AND BACK SECTIONS

16. VENTRAL OR ANTERIOR
BODY PARTS IN FRONT OF THE BODY

17. DORSAL OR POSTERIOR
BODY PARTS IN BACK OF THE BODY

18. PROXIMAL AND DISTAL TWO OTHER DIRECTIONAL TERMS
USED TO DISCRIBE RELATIONSHIP TO

19. PROXIMAL BODY PARTS CLOSE TO THE POINT O R REFERENCE
EXAMPLE MAIN TRUNK OF THE BODY IS A POINT OF REFERENCE TO THE ARMS AND LEGS

20. DISTAL BODY PARTS AWAY FROM THE POINT OF REFERENCE
EXAMPLE: TOES ARE DISTAL TO THE THIGH

21. BODY CAVITIES
SPACES WITHIN THE BODY THAT CONTAIN VITAL ORGANS

22. DORSAL OR POSTERIOR CAVITY
ONE OF TWO MAIN BODY CAVITIES
ONE LONG CONTINUOUS CAVITY ON BACK OF THE BODY
DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS
CRANIAL CAVITY
SPINAL CAVITY

23. CRANIAL CAVITY
CONTAINS THE BRAIN

24. SPINAL CAVITY
CONTAINS THE SPINAL CORD

25. VENTRAL OR ANTERIOR CAVITIES
LARGER THAN DORSAL CAVITY
SEPERATED INTO TWO DISTINCT CAVITIES BY THE DIAPHRAGM

26. THORACIC CAVITY CONTAINS HEART LUNGS, AND THE LARGE BLOOD VESSELS
LOCATED IN CHEST
CONTAINS HEART LUNGS, AND THE LARGE BLOOD VESSELS

27. ABDOMINAL CAVITY
DIVIDED INTO UPPER AND LOWER PART

28. UPPER ABDOMINAL CAVITY
STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINES, MOST OF LARGE INTESTINES, LIVER, GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS AND SPLEEN

29. LOWER ABDOMINAL CAVITY OR PELVIC CAVITY
CONTAINS URINARY BLADDER, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, AND LAST PART OF LARGE INTESTINES

30. QUADRANTS CREATES RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT (RUQ) LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LUQ)
RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT (RLQ)
LEFT LOWER QUADRANT(LLQ)

31. ABDOMINAL REGIONS
DIVIDED INTO REGIONS OR SECTIONS BECAUSE IT IS SO LARGE

32. REGIONS

33. EPIGASTRIC
UPPER CENTER REGION ABOVE THE STOMACH

34. UMBILICAL
MIDDLE CENTER REGION BY UMBILICUS

35. HYPOGASTRIC OR PELVIC
LOWER CENTER REGION

36. HYPOCHONDRIAC
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIBS

37. LUMBAR
EITHER SIDE BY LARGE BONES OF SPINAL CORD

38. ILIAC OR INGUINAL
EITHER SIDE OF THE GROIN