Anatomical Terminology
Directional Terms Used by medical personnel and anatomists allowing them to explain exactly where on body structure is in relation to another. We would say: The ears are located on each side of the head to the right and left of the nose. Using anatomical terminology: The ears are lateral to the nose.
1. The wrist is ________ to the hand. 2. The breastbone is ___________ to the spine. 3. The brain is __________ to the spinal cord. 4. The lungs are ___________ to the stomach. 5. The mouth is ___________ to the nose.
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Body Planes & Sections When preparing to look at internal structures of the body, medical students make a section or a cut. When the section is made through the body wall or an organ, it is made along an imaginary line called a plane.
Body Planes/Sections 1. Saggital- seperates body into left and right sides 2. Frontal- seperates body or organ into anterior and posterior parts 3. Transverse- seperates organ into superioir and inferior parts
Body planes
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Wait…what? (Connect!) Sagittal Transverse Coronal Horizontal Median Frontal
With your creature… Show me a Sagittal Section
Sagittal/Median plane divides body into?
Show me a frontal section
Coronal/frontal plane divides body into?
Show me a transverse section
Transverse/horizontal plane divides body into?
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Notice difference (Posterior) (Anterior)
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Body Cavities 1. Dorsal (protected by bone) – Cranial- contains brain – Spinal- contains spinal cord 2. Ventral – Thoracic- contains heart & lungs – Abdominopelvic Abdominal- contains digestive organs (not protected by bone) Pelvic- contains reproductive organs, bladder, rectum
Body Cavities
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Body Regions