Unit 1.5 Body regions and regional terms
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What are the five regions of the body?

Head, neck, trunk/torso, upper limb/upper extremity, lower limb/lower extremity

It is an imaginary flat surface that separates two portions of the body or an organ.

Plane

It is a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sides

Sagittal section

It is cut into two equal parts

<p>Midsagittal</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is off the center from the midline

<p>Parasagittal</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is a coronal plane or frontal plane; a cut made along the body that divides it into anterior and posterior parts

<p>Frontal section</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is a horizontal plane; is a cut made along the body that divides it into superior and inferior parts

<p>Transverse section</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is a plane of a long axis of an organ

<p>Longitudinal section</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is a plane perpendicular to the long axis of an organ

<p>Cross section</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is a diagonal plane

<p>Oblique section</p> Signup and view all the answers

These are spaces within the body that contain, protect, separate and support internal organs.

<p>Cavities</p> Signup and view all the answers

It contains the central nervous system, and consists of cranial cavity and vertebral/ spinal cavity.

<p>Dorsal cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

No wall or boundaries separates its subdivisions

<p>Dorsal cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is formed by cranial bones; contains brain

<p>Cranial cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is formed by vertebral column/ back bones; contains spinal cord and beginnings of spinal nerves.

<p>Vertebral or spinal cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two main types of body cavities?

<p>Dorsal cavity and ventral cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

It contains thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity which are both separated by the diaphragm

<p>Ventral cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Organs inside the ventral cavities are called _____

<p>Viscera</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is a chest cavity; contains two smaller cavities the pericardial that surrounds the heart and pleural cavity which surrounds the lungs.

<p>Thoracic cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Thoracic cavity is a chest cavity; contains two smaller cavities the ______ that surrounds the heart and ______cavity which surrounds the lungs.

<p>Pericardial and pleural</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is the largest division of the abdominopelvic cavity; contains the stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small and large intestines.

<p>Abdominal</p> Signup and view all the answers

It is located inferior to abdominal cavity; contains the urinary bladder, portions of the large intestines, and internal organs of the reproductive system

<p>Pelvic cavity</p> Signup and view all the answers

The abdomen is divided into 9 regions of two transverse planes and two sagittal planes.

<p>Right hypochondrium, epigastric region, left hypochondrium, right lumbar, umbilical region, left lumbar, right iliac region, hypogastrium, left iliac region</p> Signup and view all the answers

The abdomen is divided into four quadrants by a transverse plane and a midsagittal plane that cross at the umbilicus

<p>Right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, left lower quadrant</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the right upper quadrant?

<p>Liver, stomach, gallbladder, duodenum, right kidney, pancreas, transverse colon, right adrenal gland</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the left upper quadrant?

<p>Liver, left adrenal gland, stomach, left kidney, pancreas, spleen, transverse colon, small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the right lower quadrant?

<p>Small intestine, large intestine, cecum, appendix, right ureter, right reproductive organs; ovary, fallopian tube, spermatic cord</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the left lower quadrant?

<p>Small intestine, large intestine, left ureter, left reproductive organs; fallopian tube, ovary, spermatic cord, sigmoid colon</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the right hypochondriac region?

<p>Liver, right kidney, gallbladder, large/small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the left hypochondriac region?

<p>Liver's tip, stomach, pancreas, left kidney, spleen, large/small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the right lumbar region region?

<p>Ascending colon, small intestine, right kidney</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the right iliac region?

<p>Appendix, cecum, ascending colon, small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the left lumbar region?

<p>Descending colon, small intestine, left kidney</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the left iliac region?

<p>Sigmoid colon, descending colon and small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the epigastric region?

<p>Liver, stomach, spleen, duodenum, adrenal glands, pancreas</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the umbilical region?

<p>Duodenum, small intestine, transverse colon</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the organs located at the hypogastric region?

<p>Bladder, sigmoid colon, small intestine and reproductive organs</p> Signup and view all the answers

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