SLHS 2203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Buttocks, Vocal Folds, Perineum

• School: UConn
• Department: Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
• Course: SLHS 2203
• Professor: Erika Skoe

Document Summary

First quiz, deadline due tuesday at 11:59pm. How anatomical structures are positioned relative to each other. Toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side of. Example: the heart is medial to the arm. Away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of. Example: the arms are lateral to the chest. Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk. Example: the elbow is proximal to the wrist. Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk. Example: the knee is distal to the thigh. Example: the skin is superficial to the skeletal muscles. Away from the body surface; more internal. Example: the lungs are deep to the skin. Example: the right hand and right foot are ipsilateral. Example: the right hand and left foot are contralateral.