Chapter 6 Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured

Physiology - ANSWER-the functions of the body or any of its parts Pathophysiology - ANSWER-describes how normal physiologic processes are affected by disease Topographic anatomy - ANSWER-superficial landmarks of the body *Surface of the body has many definite visible features that serve as guides to the structures that lie beneath them Anatomic position - ANSWER-position of reference in which the patient stands facing you, arms at the side, with palms of the hands forward *common starting point for health care providers *directional terms from patient's perspective Planes of the body - ANSWER-anatomic planes 3 main axes of body: coronal (frontal), transverse (axial), sagittal (lateral) planes help you identify the location of internal structures, relationships between and among organs Coronal plane or frontal - ANSWER-divides the body into a front and back portion transverse plane or axial - ANSWER-divides the body into a top and bottom portion Sagittal Plane or lateral - ANSWER-divides the body in left and right, but not equal portions midsagittal plane - ANSWER-Type of Sagittal plane body is divided into EQUAL left and right nose and navel found along line midline Skeletal System - ANSWER