1. The Language of Anatomy
In your table groups, discuss and write down how you would:
divide the body into different sections and
how would you label these sections

2. The Language of Anatomy
Learning Targets:
I will be able to:
verbally describe or demonstrate the anatomical position.
Use proper anatomical terminology to describe body directions, surfaces, and body planes.
Locate the major body cavities and list the chief organs in each cavity.

3. The Language of Anatomy
Special terminology is used to prevent misunderstanding
Exact terms are used for:
Position
Direction
Regions
Structures

4. Anatomical Terminology
Anatomical Position: standing erect, facing forward, upper limbs at the sides, palms facing forward and thumbs out

5. Orientation and Directional Terms
Table 1.1

6. Orientation and Directional Terms

7.  Demonstrate anatomical position to your table group?
Which directional terms would you use to describe the positions of the head and the feet in relation to each other?
Ventral and dorsal refer to which parts of the body?
standing erect, facing forward, upper limbs at the sides, palms facing forward and thumbs out
Head is superior and feet are inferior
Ventral = front, dorsal = back

8. Body
Landmarks
Anterior

9. Plantar
Olecranal
Calcaneal
Body
Landmarks
Posterior

10. Body Planes

11. Other Body Sections Oblique section Cross-section (a) (b) (c)
Longitudinal
section
(a)
(b)
(c)

12. Body Cavities Cranial cavity Cranial cavity Vertebral canal
Right pleural
cavity
Mediastinum
Thoracic
cavity
Thoracic cavity
Left pleural cavity
Pericardial
cavity
Diaphragm
Diaphragm
Abdominal
cavity
Abdominal
cavity
Abdominopelvic
cavity
Pelvic cavity
Pelvic cavity
(b)
(a)

13. Abdominal Subdivisions
Right
hypochondriac
region
Left
hypochondriac
region
Epigastric
region
Right upper
quadrant (RUQ)
Left upper
quadrant (LUQ)
Right
lumbar
region
Left
lumbar
region
Umbilical
region
Right lower
quadrant (RLQ)
Left lower
quadrant (LLQ)
Right
iliac
region
Left
iliac
region
Hypogastric
region

14.  Describe a midsagittal body plane?
What major organ do we find in the pleural cavity?
Which primary organ dominates the left and right lower quadrants?
standing erect, facing forward, upper limbs at the sides, palms facing forward and thumbs out
Lungs
The small intestine