Anatomical Regions

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Anatomical Regions

• This is the same Powerpoint used in class for our
  review.
• But you can use this to learn and quiz the
  anatomical terminology!

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Instructions

• Each image included in this powerpoint
  presentation has arrows or brackets referring to
  the major anatomical regions.
• As you advance through this presentation in SLIDE
  SHOW mode, each term will be revealed in a
  clockwise fashion starting at the lower left
  corner of the image.

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The Anterior The next few slides will take us
through anterior regional terms. We will begin
with superior (top, above) regions and progress
to the inferior (bottom, below) regions.
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Frontal
Orbital
Cranial
Otic
Cephalic
Buccal
Facial
Nasal
Cervical
Oral
Thoracic
Mental
Mammary
Axillary
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Thoracic
Mammary
Axillary
Brachial
Abdominal
Umbilical
Antecubital
Pelvic
Antebrachial
Carpal
Manus
Inguinal
Palmar
Pollex
Digital
Pubic (genital)
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Pubic
Femoral
Patellar
Crural
Tarsal
Digital
Pedal
Hallux
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The Posterior The next few slides will take us
through Posterior regional terms. As before, we
will begin with superior (top, above) regions and
progress to the inferior (bottom, below) regions.
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Cranial
Cervical
Acromial
Dorsal (vertebral)
Olecranal
Lumbar
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Gluteal
Popliteal
Sural
Calcaneal
Plantar