Question

This week we took a look at the anatomy of the human body and how to identify the position of various parts of the body (regions, quadrants, cavities etc.). You will now have to take what you learned and maybe do additional research and apply that to the body parts and systems (organs, tissue, digestive system etc.). Please pick two anatomical positions or directional terms and tell me what I may find in that region or how the parts relate to the position of the body both formally and informally. For example: Ears and Nose informally “the ears are located on each side of the head to the right and left of the nose”, Anatomical “the ears are lateral to the nose.” The Dorsal cavity contains the brain. Please be specific and choose one that has not already been posted.

Answer 1

1.Heart & lungs

Informally: Heart is located in the chest cavity between the lungs

Formally: Heart is located in the thoracic cavity, in the mediastinum, medially between the lungs . Lungs are situated in the thoracic cavity on both sides of the mediastinum.

2. Kidneys and spine

Informally:There are two kidneys located on either sides of the backbone below the chest level

Formally:There are two fist sized kidneys located retroperitoneally, on either sides of the vertebral column(spine) at the lowest level of the thoracic(rib) cage in a human body. Vertebral column is located centrally and extends from the base of the skull to the tip of coccyx.