Body Cavities

By: Giovanni Nagum

 Anatomical Position

This is the Standard Anatomical Position. This is the position you stand to
describe where you are talking about on the body in relations to another
part of the body.

This allows us to use the terms Anterior (Ventral) and Posterior (Dorsal).
Additional terms we use are Superior and Inferior, Medial and Lateral, and
Proximal and Distal
Anterior/Ventral And Posterior/Dorsal
● Anterior/Ventral View is the Front
view

● Posterior/Dorsal View is the Back

view
● AKA the CAUDAL Cavity
 Cranial And Caudal

The Cranial is the skull and it

protects the brain
Superior And Inferior

Superior- The relations to the body

position above other parts
Inferior- The relations to the body,
below other parts
 Planes

Sagittal- Left and Right Side

Frontal- Front and Back Side

Transverse- Top and Bottom

Side