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Anatomical Terminology

Anatomical Terminology. Directional Terms. Used by medical personnel and anatomists allowing them to explain exactly where on body structure is in relation to another. We would say : The ears are located on each side of the head to the right and left of the nose.

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Anatomical Terminology

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  1. Anatomical Terminology

  2. Directional Terms • Used by medical personnel and anatomists allowing them to explain exactly where on body structure is in relation to another. • We would say: The ears are located on each side of the head to the right and left of the nose. • Using anatomical terminology: The ears are lateral to the nose.

  3. 1. The wrist is ________ to the hand. • 2. The breastbone is ___________ to the spine. • 3. The brain is __________ to the spinal cord. • 4. The lungs are ___________ to the stomach. • 5. The mouth is ___________ to the nose.

  4. Relative position • http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP15305

  5. Body Planes & Sections • When preparing to look at internal structures of the body, medical students make a section or a cut. When the section is made through the body wall or an organ, it is made along an imaginary line called a plane.

  6. Body planes

  7. All together now

  8. Wait…what? (Connect!) • Sagittal • Transverse • Coronal • Horizontal • Median • Frontal

  9. With your creature… • Show me a Sagittal Section

  10. Sagittal/Median plane divides body into?

  11. Show me a frontal section

  12. Coronal/frontal plane divides body into?

  13. Show me a transverse section

  14. Transverse/horizontal plane divides body into?

  15. All together now for real

  16. Notice difference (Anterior) (Posterior)

  17. Body Planes & Sections • http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP15605

  18. Body Cavities

  19. Body Cavities • http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_general/Esp/folder_structure/le/m1/s7/lem1s7_8.htm

  20. Body Regions

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