superficial - ✔️✔️closer to the surface of the body
deep - ✔️✔️away from the surface of the body
prone - ✔️✔️lying face down on the belly
supine - ✔️✔️lying on the back
axial region - ✔️✔️includes the head, neck, and trunk
Two regions of the trunk - ✔️✔️Thoracic and abdominal
Thoracic - ✔️✔️Any region above the diaphragm
Diaphragm - ✔️✔️Large, flat muscle at the bottom of the chest cavity that helps with
breathing below the ribcage
abdominal region - ✔️✔️anything below the diaphragm
appendicular region - ✔️✔️upper and lower limbs
Upper limbs include - ✔️✔️brachium, antebrachium, carpus, manus,digits
brachium - ✔️✔️upper arm (shoulder to elbow)
Antebrachium - ✔️✔️lower arm (elbow to wrist)
carpus - ✔️✔️wrist
manus - ✔️✔️hand
Digits (phalanges) - ✔️✔️fingers, toes
lower limbs include - ✔️✔️thigh, crus, tarsus, pes, digits
thigh - ✔️✔️the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Crus - ✔️✔️lower leg (knee to ankle)
Tarsus - ✔️✔️ankle
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