What is Anatomy?

The study of the structure of the body parts and their relationships to one another. It is the study of the physical characteristics of body structures. How they feel, What they look like. Three types

Microscopic Macroscopic - referred to as GROSS Developmental

What is Physiology?
The study of how ALL of the body parts work and carry out their life-sustaining processes. Focuses on events at the molecular and cellular level. An understanding of physiology depends heavily on the principals of physics and chemical reactions.

Anatomical Positioning & Body Terminology

What is the Anatomical Position?

Body is erect Feet are spread slightly apart Toes are pointed forward Head faces forward Arms down at each side Palms facing forward

Anterior / Ventral = Front Posterior / Dorsal = Back Superior / Cranial = Toward the Head Inferior / Caudal = Toward the Feet Medial = Toward the Middle Lateral = Toward the Side Proximal = Close to the trunk of the body (Relative to the appendages.) Distal = Away from the trunk of the body (Relative to the appendages.) Superficial = Toward the Surface Deep = Toward the Inside

Directional Terms

Ex. The nose is superior to the mouth. Ex. The Kidneys are deep to the Small Intestines. Ex. The fingers are distal to the elbow.

Anterior Body Landmarks

Axillary = Armpit Acromial = Point of the Shoulder Antebrachial = Forearm Antecubital = Front of Elbow Brachial = Arm Buccal = Cheek Carpal = Wrist Cervical = Neck Coxal = Hip

Anterior (Continued)
Crural = Leg Digital = Fingers & Toes Femoral = Thigh Fibular = Lateral part of Leg Frontal = Forehead Hallux = Big Toe Inguinal = Groin Mammary = Breast

Anterior (Yes! Still)

Mental = Chin Nasal = Nose Oral = Mouth Orbital = Eye Palmar = Palm Patellar = Knee Pedal = Foot Pollex = Thumb Pubic = Genital Region

Anterior (Last One! Yeah!)

Sternal = Breastbone Region Tarsal = Ankle Thoracic = Chest Umbilical = Naval (Bellybutton)

Posterior Body Terminology

Calcaneal = Heal of Foot Cephalic = Back of Head Deltoid = Shoulder Dorsum = Back Femoral = Thigh Gluteal = Buttocks Lumbar = Back (between base of ribs and hips.) Manus = Hand Occipital = Base of Skull

Olecranial = Back of Elbow Otic = Ear Perineal = Area between genitals and anus Plantar = Foot Popliteal = Back of Knee Sacral = Area between Hips Scapular = Shoulder Blade Region Sural = Calf Vertebral = Area of Spine

Posterior (Continued)

Body Cavities

Quadrants of AbdominalPelvic Region

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Body Planes
Saggital Plane = A midline Cut that separates the body / organ into right and left halves. Coronal Plane = A frontal Cut that separates the Body / organ into front and back sections. Transverse Plane = A Horizontal cut that separates the body / organ into top and bottom portions.

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Your Assignment!!
Create a story using a minimum of 15 vocabulary words. If you use a term more than once, you will only get credit for it one time. The story must make sense. With the vocabulary word, your story must lend itself so that the reader without any anatomy background can tell whats going on.

Example Story
While walking home from school, there was a crack in the side walk. I did not see the crack and I fell twisting my tarsal. Upon x-ray, the doctor was able to see that I in-fact broke my ankle. A week later, a loud bang woke me from a deep sleep. I rolled over and jumped out of bed hitting my frontal on the nightstand. I had to go to the emergency room where I received 18 stitches in my forehead.