body planes & regions/
word roots
Superior: above or towards the head
Inferior: Below or toward the tail end
Anterior/Ventral: Toward the front
Posterior/Dorsal: Toward the back
Lateral: Towards the side
Medial: Toward the middle
Distal: Far away (relative to ...)
Proximal: Within proximity (close)
Body Planes
Sagittal Plane:
runes longitudically and splits the body into right and left parts
Coronal Plane:
Splits body into dorsal and ventral parts
Transverse Plane:
Splits the body into superior and inferior sections.
-Cranial Cavity
*Encolses the brain
*Surrounded by a membrane
-Spinal Cavity
*Surrounded inside the bones; surrounds spinal cord
II. Ventral Cavity
-Thorasic Cavity
*Contains heart and lungs
______________ Diaphram separates these two cavities__________________
-Abdominal Cavity
*Stomach, liver, pancreas, kidneyes, spleen, intestines
-Pelvic Cavity
*Pelvis surrounds it. (unterus, bladder, ovaries, etcl)
