Health Sciences 2300A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Pericardium, Meninges, Radiography

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2300A/B
• Professor: Christopher William James Melling

Document Summary

Noninvasive diagnostic testing: inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion. Basic anatomical terminology: anatomical position: standard position of reference for the description of anatomical structures erect, facing the observer, head level, eyes forward, lower limbs parallel, feet on floor facing forward . Midsagittal plane/ medial plane: divides even left and right halves. Parasagittal plane: divides body into unequal left and right sides. 90 degrees: sections: cuts of the body or one of its organs made along one of the planes. 12: describe the position of the body part relative to another, superior (upper) vs. inferior (lower) Body cavities: spaces within the body that house internal organs separated by bones, muscles and ligaments, cranial cavity & vertebral canal, surrounded by the meninges and a shock absorbing fluid, major body cavities of the trunk: Abdominopelvic cavities extend from the diaphragm to the groin and is encircled by abdominal muscle wall and pelvis abdominal cavity is superior pelvic cavity is inferior.