ANAT 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fibrocartilage, Stratum Basale, Mast Cell

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Course: ANAT 100
• Professor: Leslie W Mac Kenzie

Document Summary

Section 2: organization of the human body and anatomical nomenclature. Body divisions: axial: forms the main vertical axis of the body + includes head, neck & trunk, appendicular: includes the limbs or appendages that attach to the axis. Lymphatic: lymph nodes, lymph vessels, thymus, spleen, tonsils. Cavities are encased in bone: cranial cavity: houses brain, vertebral cavity: houses spinal cord, ventral: front. Thoracic cavity: superior mediastinum: houses trachea, esophagus & aorta, pericardial cavity: houses heart, pleural cavity: houses lungs. Abdominopelvic cavity: abdominal cavity: houses digestive viscera (intestines, stomach, pelvic cavity: houses bladder & reproductive organs. Directional terms: superior (cranial): above or over (opposite to inferior) Indicating component of the body walls, which may. Lateral: toward the side, away from the midline (opposite to medial) include muscles, connective tissue & tissue covering organs: visceral: located on or among the viscera. Depicts cross-section of intestines and other abdominal organs. Longitudinal: any plane that is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.