hey everyone I want to give you some ways to remember those Regional terms in anatomy which all those proper terms you use for various parts of the body first there are two major regions of the body the axial region and the appendicular region the axial region is going to cover the head neck and trunk and a way you can remember this is that it begins with acts why do people use an ax to cut down a tree tribe so you know that's the whole trunk head and neck region next you have the appendicular region which includes the upper and lower Limbs and again that's what an appendage is it's something that attaches or comes off of another structure now let's take a look at some of those areas found within the axial region starting with the head the word cephalic refers to your entire head region and if you look at the word you'll notice it starts with the c and ends with the lick now which region of the body has structures that allow you to see and lick the head next we have cranial which refers to the skull and this one's pretty easy because cranial branial kind of Rhymes and that's what the cranium does it houses the brain next you have the frontal region which is this area right here on your forehead that's pretty simple to remember because another word for front is four and it's your forehead or front of your head next you have the ocular region which refers to the region of your eyes and you use binoculars to look at things with your ocular region next you have otic which refers to the ear region and if you ever have an earache you'll probably go to a doctor where they will use a device called an otoscope to inspect your otic area next you have the nasal region which of course is the region of the nose that's why you take nasal spray and squirt it up your nose next we have the buccal region which is the area of the cheeks and we have a video on how to administer medication via the buccal route and how do you do that you place it on the inside of the cheek next we have the oral region which of course is talking about your mouth so if your doctor tells you to take medication orally they mean for you to take it by mouth next we have the mental region which refers to the area of the chin and if you remember that men tend to have a bigger chin then you'll remember that mental means chin next you have the occipital region which is at the back or base of the skull interestingly you also have an occipital lobe of the brain back there and an occipital bone of the skull so are you seeing how this is all interconnected do you see how Anatomy just connects the dots of Life yeah neither do I hope that'll help you remember okay so that wraps up the major regions of the head what about the neck the neck is referred to as the cervical region and that's what that word cervical means it means neck and wouldn't you know you actually have vertebrae there which are called the cervical vertebrae or the cervical spine now let's move down to the trunk where we have the thoracic region this is the region between the neck and the abdomen if you remember back from school when you studied insects they have the thorax well we have a thorax too it's that region and you actually have vertebrae there also called the thoracic vertebrae that's a thoracic part of your spine the axillary region refers to your armpit region that's why they make ax deodorant it's acts with an E for your axillary next we have the mammary region which refers to that breast region where we have memory glands and then females they become active after pregnancy and they can produce milk which is where we get the name mammals by the way it's because we breastfeed our young now in between that mammary region you have the sternal region which is named after that sternum bone which looks a lot like a necktie actually okay moving down we have the abdominal region and most of you know where your abs are located so this should be pretty easy to remember but did you know that the abdominal region can also be divided up into either four quadrants or nine abdominal regions I have an anatomy video on that if you want to dig a Little Deeper next you have your umbilical region which is the area at the navel or belly button where your umbilical cord attached when you're in the womb moving a little further down we have the pelvic region which is that region between the hip bones always remember that Elvis used to shake his pelvis inferior to that region is the inguinal region which is where you can have those inguinal hernias where your intestines literally poke through your abdominal wall and Pooch out next you have your pubic region which just refers to your external genitalia area where you develop pubic hair at puberty next you have the perineal region which is that region between the genitalia and the anus and nurses will actually perform something called pericare where they will clean and care for this area just remember that you always want to wipe from front to back from the genitals to the anus you don't want to wipe from the anus to genitalia that would be bad on the posterior side of the trunk there are some additional terms you'll want to know for example you have the dorsal region what's that well that's just the area of the back if you think about a dolphin it has something called a dorsal fin on its back and you also have a dorsal cavity which is the cavity towards your back and you also have the vertebral region which is that area that runs along your spine those bones there are called vertebrae and next you have the lumbar region which is your lower back better known as your lines and you know you always see those cheesy chair commercials saying do you suffer from lower back pain our chair offers lumbar support which simply means it supports your lower back you also have the sacral region which is that area of the lower back where your sacrum bone is located by the way and it's called sacrum because some cultures believe that the human soul resides within that bone and then finally there's the gluteal region which is the area of your buttocks and those muscles in there are called your glutes so we all have a glutie booty so those are some of the areas you'll want to know within the axial region now let's shift gears and look at the appendicular region and we'll start at the upper arm where there's a little bony part of your shoulder called the acromial region you'll sometimes see acrobats stand on the the acromial region of other acrobats next we have the brachial region which refers to the arm where all those muscles there you have biceps brachii triceps brachii the brachialis okay anatomist we get it brachial means alarm now the region at the front of the elbow here is referred to as the anti-cubital region and the prefix anti can mean in front of and cubital refers to elbows so it literally just means in front of the elbow and instead of calling the antecubital a lot of nurses think they're real cool by just calling it the AC they'll be like I just started an 18 gauge in that patient's AC [Music] foreign region which is that part on the back of the elbow where the olecranon is at the proximal part of the ulna and did you notice how during the pandemic people stopped shaking hands and instead they started doing that elbow bump I'm officially going to name this move right here the olecranal bump now the forearm region here is referred to as the anti-brachial region by the way a huge mistake a lot of people make an anatomy is they think this is the arm right here this is not the arm and Anatomy the arm is from here to here this is the forearm from here to here next we have the carpal region which refers to your whole wrist area people often confuse a carpal region and the tarsal region just remember your carpals help you drive a car and your tarsal region is closer to your toes next we have the manual region which refers to that entire region of your hands so if you're going to do manual labor you're going to be using your hands now you're made of carpal region is just beyond the carpals that's what the prefix meta means it means Beyond and your palm is is also referred to as the Palmer region and you should never ever miss that one on a test it literally has the word Palm in it the region of the thumb is referred to as the Pollux region so if you found this video helpful please give it a pollex up and then finally you have the digital region which just refers to your fingers which you can use right now to click that subscribe button now let's talk about the lower limbs starting with the coxal region I like to think of a cowboy grabbing his gun and cocking it at the coxal region next you have the femoral region which is that whole region of your thigh where you have the femur bone you have the femoral artery running down you even have muscles called the quadriceps femoris again do you see how the dots are being connected in anatomy do you feel the love next we have the patellar region which refers to the front of your knee that's what the bone right there on your kneecap is called it's called the patella on the back side of your knee you have the popliteal area and you have to bend your popliteal if you want to pop a squat next we have the Coral region which is that front area of your leg from the knee down to the ankle and a simple way you can remember this is just remember the game of cricket they wear these pads that cover their curl region now the back of the leg where the calf muscle is is called the surl region next we have the petal region and The Petal region just refers to your foot what part of your body do you use to Pedal a bicycle the pedal region again anatomists are giving that one to you next you have the calcaneal region which just refers to the region of your heel and I tend to get calluses on my heel sometimes so I think callus Hill calcaneal boom then you have the tarsal region which is that whole ankle region and again keep that straight from the carpal region carpals drive a car tarsals are closer to your toes now your metatarsal region is that area just beyond the tarsals that's what made a means Beyond now your hallux is just a region of your big toe and remember the Pollux was the thumb the hallux is the toe how do you remember will you use your hallocks to walk down the hall and just like the fingers the toes are also referred to as your digital region which is pretty easy to remember and finally we have the plantar region which is the region of the soul of the foot and if you've ever had a plantar wart that's where it's going to be located they're ugly they're nasty you don't want one okay that wraps up this video over some of the major regional terms of anatomy hope this video helped you out you can take a free quiz by clicking the link in the description below we also have a whole playlist full of anatomy videos thank you so much for watching