Download Body Planes Directions Cavities Study Guide 6.2

Body Planes, Directions, Cavities Study Guide
DHO Chapter 6.2
Identify body planes. Understand how these planes divide the body.
 Transverse plane
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Midsagittal plane (median plane)
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Frontal plane
Understand location and directional terms
 Superior
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Inferior
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Cranial
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Caudal
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Medial
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Lateral
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Ventral
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Dorsal
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Anterior
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Posterior
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Proximal
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Distal
Know the anatomical directions from the DHO textbook
revised Sept. 2014
Identify body cavities, and the organs contained in the body cavities.
 Dorsal cavity
o Cranial cavity
o Spinal cavity
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Ventral cavity
o Thoracic cavity
o Abdominal cavity
o Pelvic cavity
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Cavities of the face
o Orbital cavity
o Nasal cavity
o Oral (buccal) cavity
Identify abdominal regions
 Four quadrants
o Right upper quadrant RUQ
o Right lower quadrant RLQ
o Left upper quadrant LUQ
o Left lower quadrant LLQ
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Nine regions
o Right hypochondriac region
o Left hypochondriac region
o Epigastric region
o Right lumbar region
o Left lumber region
o Umbilical region
o Right iliac region
o Left iliac region
o Hypogastric region