ANAT 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Abdominopelvic Cavity, Pericardium, Pleural Cavity

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Course: ANAT 215
• Professor: Leslie W Mac Kenzie

Document Summary

Chemicals (lowest level, made up of atoms/molecules) Cells (formed by molecules, are the basic structural unit of organisms) Systems (association of organs that have a common function) Intact organism (all organs+systems working together, creating an individual) Human body resembles a tube within a tube construction. Dorsal body cavity (closest to posterior side of body) Ventral body cavity (closer to anterior/ventral side of body) 1 mediastinum (space between lungs and heart) No physical boundary separating -> we use surface markers) Integumentary (body covering) skeletal (bones -> support and movement) Anatomical position -> standing, facing observer, extremities by side, palms forward. Proximal (closer to the pt of origin) Planes and sections frontal (divides into anterior/posterior 90* to midline) Mid-sagittal (vertical, diving into equal l/r sides) Left and right hypochondriac (to each side of epigastric) Left and right lumbar (to each side of umbilical) Left and right iliac (to each side)