BIOS 251 Week 1 – 7 Anatomy Lab Terms List
with Practice Pictures
WEEK 1 – Anatomical Language; Organ Systems and Body Cavities
Anatomical Language
Objectives:
1. Describe the anatomical position
2. Use anatomical directions appropriately
3. Identify and use various body planes and sections
4. Identify location of each abdominopelvic region and quadrant and be able to identify the major
organ(s) deep to each one.
Terms and structures to know and identify on models and dissection:
Surface Anatomy: Be able to identify and describe each location
1. Anterior body landmarks and their definitions:
abdominal, acromial Femoral patellar
Antebrachial fibular (peroneal) pedal
Antecubital frontal pelvic
Axillary hallux pollex
Brachial inguinal pubic
Buccal mammary sternal
Carpal mental tarsal
Cervical nasal thoracic
Coxal oral umbilical
Crural orbital
Digital palmar
2. Posterior body landmarks:
Acromia Lumbar Popliteal
Brachial Manus Sacral
Calcaneal Occipital Scapular
Cephalic Olecranal Sural
Dorsum Otic Vertebral
Femoral Perineal
Gluteal Plantar
Body Direction and Orientation
1. Demonstrate the anatomical position.
2. Define the following terms. Use this terminology to describe the placement of a body structure
along the body’s axis, or its relative closeness to the body’s surface, or its relationship between
different structures when the body is in the
a. Anatomical position. Body Planes and Sections
b. Superior/inferior 1. Sagittal plane
c. Anterior/posterior a. Midsagittal (median)
d. Medial/lateral b. Parasagittal
e. Cephalad (cranial)/caudal 2. Frontal (coronal) plane
f. Proximal/distal
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