ANP 1106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Standard Anatomical Position, Sagittal Plane, Coronal Plane

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

Document Summary

Anatomy: studies the structure of body parts and relationship of one another. 1. 1 the anatomical position of the human body. Different use of language to minimize the amount of words to describe areas of the body: using an initial reference point - body in, a direction --> according to the cadaver not standard anatomical position the observer. Standard model: body is erect, thumbs pointing away from the body and the palm facing forward. 2 divisions in our body: the axial part (makes up the axis of our body) --- head, neck and trunk, appendicular part --- appendages and limbs attached to the axis. 3 main body planes: sagittal plane: a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sections. Know that frontal plane = coronal plane horizontally from right to left, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts. A transverse section is also called a cross section: transverse/horizontal plane: a plane running.