1. Body Planes, Direction, and Cavities

2. Facing East or West It would be difficult to apply these terms to the human body and other directional terms have been applied.

3. Body Planes Imaginary lines drawn through the body @ various parts to separate the body into sections.

4. Three Main Body Planes 1. Transverse plane- horizontal and divides the body into top half and bottom half. 2. Midsagittal-median-divides body into right and left sides.

5. Third Body Plane 3. Frontal –divides the body into front and back sections

6. Body Cavities Spaces within the body that contains vital organs.

7. Two Main Body Cavities 1. Dorsal cavity is one long, continuous cavity located on the back of the body. Also known as the posterior or back portion.

8. Second Type of Body Cavity 2. Ventral cavities are larger than the dorsal cavities. This is known as the anterior or front cavity.

9. Cavities 1. Thoracic 2. Abdominal 3. Pelvic 4. Orbital-eyes 5. Nasal-nose 6. Buccal-mouth

10. Abdominal Regions Abdominal is a LARGE cavity and is divided into regions or sections. One method: quadrants- RUQ, LUQ, LLQ, RLQ

11. TERMS 1. epigastric Above the stomach 2. umbilical Near the umbilicus or belly button 3. hypogastric Below the stomach

12. Terms 4. lumbar Near the spinal cord 5. inguinal Near the groin