1. Body Planes/Sections
How is a body divided?

2. What is A Plane/Section?
Specific cut or cross section of the body
Can be used in dissections, surgeries, or imaging so that a specific part of the body is found/isolated
What is A Plane/Section?

3. Sagittal Plane Long Cut into left and right sections Longitudinal
Down the mid-line of the structure
Sagittal Plane

5. Frontal Plane/Section
Divides the structure into a front and back (anterior/posterior) section
Frontal Plane/Section

7. Transverse Plane/Section
Structure is cut in a top/bottom section
Superior/Inferior cut
Latitudinal Cut
Transverse Plane/Section

9. Body Cavities Dorsal Body Cavity—see notes Ventral Cavity
Largest of 2 cavities
Thoracic --- Heart/Lungs
Abdominopelvic --- Digestive organs, Reproductive Organs, and other abdominal region organs
Body Cavities

10. AbdominoPelvic Region Quadrants

11. Right Upper QUadrant Contains the following organs:
Right Side of liver, Gallbladder, Rt Kidney, parts of small intestine, and parts of large intestine
Right Upper QUadrant

12. Left side of liver, stomach, pancreas, left kidney, spleen, and parts of both small and large intestine
Left Upper Quadrant

13. Appendix, parts of small and large intestine, and right side of reproductive organs
Right Lower Quadrant

14. Most of Small Intestine, Part of Large Intestine, and the left side reproductive system organs
Left Lower Quadrant