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Essential Anatomy: Body Positions & Sections Guide

Learn about anatomic position, body positions, and sections with detailed explanations and diagrams. Understand abdominal body regions and basic body plans for comprehensive anatomical knowledge.

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Essential Anatomy: Body Positions & Sections Guide

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  1. Part I - Terminology • Anatomic position • Body positions • Relative body positions • Body sections • Abdominal body regions and four quadrants • Basic body plan • Body regions

  2. Anatomic Position • Standing erect • Face forward • Arms at sides • Palms forward

  3. Body Positions • Prone – lying face down • Pronate (pronation) – rotate forearm so that palm faces down; foot rotation so that plantar surface points outward • Supine – lying face up • Supinate (supination) – rotate forearm so that palm faces up; foot rotation so that plantar surface points inward

  4. Relative Body Positions • Superior • Inferior • Anterior • Ventral • Posterior • Dorsal • Lateral • Ipsi • Contra • Proximal • Distal • Peripheral • Cephalad / cephalic • Caudad / caudal

  5. Relative Body Positions • Superficial • Cutaneous • Deep

  6. Body Sections • Sagittal plane • Transverse plane • Coronal plane

  7. Body Sections1) Sagittal 2) Transverse 3) Coronal

  8. Cylindrical Cuts/Sections1) Cross 2) Oblique 3) Longitudinal

  9. Abdominal Body Regions • Top Right • Epigastric • R & L Hypochondrial • Umbilical • R & L Lumbar • Hypogastric • R & L Iliac (inguinal) • Bottom Right • RUQ • LUQ • RLQ • LLQ

  10. Basic Body Plan

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