ANP 1106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abdominopelvic Cavity, Sagittal Plane, Median Plane

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1106
• Professor: Jackie Carnegie

Document Summary

Lecture 1: anatomical position, directional terms, body cavities, abdominopelvic regions. The anatomical position is the standard position to view anatomy: body erect feet slightly apart palms facing forward thumbs pointing away from the body. The body is divided into 3 planes to help describe parts/positions as precisely as possible. An oblique plane (diagonal cut) is a lot less useful and is generally not important. Lectures page 1 proximal: closer to the point of attachment to the body distal: farther from the point of attachment to the body proximal http://www. kidport. com/reflib/science/ Humanbody/skeleta lsystem/humanskel eton. htm superficial: toward or at the body surface deep: away from the body surface, more internal proximal distal. The body can be separated into 2 main body cavities: dorsal body cavity: contains spinal cavity. Protects the spinal cord contains cranial cavity. Protects the brain distal ventral body cavity: contains thoracic cavity which also contains: Central pericardial cavity contains abdominopelvic cavity which also contains: