Medical anatomy vocab

anatomical position

• standing erect, facing forward, arms at the side, with palms of facing forward and legs, parallel

• nearer to or at the front of the body

• divides the body into anterior and posterior sections

• To head or the upper part of a structure

proximal

• nearer to the attachment of a body extremity

• divides the body into right and left sides

• away from head

• Toward the surface of the body

medial

• toward the midline

• away from the midline

• State balance between all body systems

• This cavity will hold a lung

anatomy

• study of body structure and form

• Study of how diseases occur and how it affects the systems of the body

• Study of the function of body structures

• state of balance between all body systems

cranial cavity

• cavity houses the brain

• The ribs formed this cavity

• cavity found along the ventral (front) part of the body

• This cavity will hold a lung

pleural cavity

• this cavity will hold a lung

• cavity found along the ventral(front) part of the body

• this cavity houses the heart

• cavity that houses the spinal cord

spinal cavity

• cavity that houses the spinal cord

• this cavity houses the heart

• the ribs form this cavity

• this cavity holds the organs of the pelvis and abdomen

pericardial cavity

• this cavity houses the heart

• cavity found along the ventral (front) part of the body

• the ribs form this cavity

• cavity that houses the spinal cord

thoracic cavity

• the ribs form this cavity

• this cavity holds the organs of the abdomen pelvis

• cavity found along the ventral (front) part of the body

• this cavity can hold a lung

dorsal cavity

• cavity found along the dorsal(back) surface of the body

• this cavity holds the organs of the abdomen and pelvis

• cavity found along the ventral (front) part of the body

• the ribs form this cavity