Question

Appropriate and specific terminology is imperative in the field of healthcare. The universal language used to give directions and locations assists in eliminating error by providing clear instruction free of ambiguity and vagueness. The language of anatomy is shared across healthcare disciplines ensuring all practitioners have a clear understanding of the location and nature of the issue at hand. For this week’s discussion, you will be asked to reflect on the importance of this concept by choosing one of the topics below.

Describe a time in your life where you had pain, an injury, or illness and how you communicated this with your healthcare provider. Did you or your healthcare provider use terms such as the ones in this week’s lessons to describe your pathology to you? If not, what terms could you have used to give specific instruction as to where your injury, pain, or illness arose.

Answer 1

Different anatomical terms are used to give specific instructions about the pain and injury

It's include

• Directional terms
• Planes of body
• Body cavities

Directional terms - give position of structures relative to other structures

1. Superior or cranial- toward the head end of the body; upper example hand is part of superior extremity
2. Inferior -away from the head, foot is part of inferior extremity
3. Anterior or ventral- refers to front example knee cap is anterior to leg
4. Posterior or dorsal- refers to back example shoulder blades are located in dorsal side of body
5. Medial - towards the midline of the body middle toe is located medial side of foot
6. Proximal- toward the nearest the trunk or the point of origin of a part for example the proximal part of femur joints with pelvic bone.
7. Disatl- away from or farthest from the trunk or origin example the hand is located at the distal end of the forearm.

Planes

1. Coronal or frontal plane A vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portion
2. Sagital plane or lateral plane - a vertical plane running through front and back divides the body to eight and left sides
3. Axial plane or transverse plane a horizontal plane divides the body or any of its parts into upper and lower parts
4. Median plane sagittal plane through the midline of the body divides the body or any of its parts into right and left halves.

The following are the different body cavities

using these terms can explain pain or illness to the body parts

Example