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WOUND CARE ANATOMY
TERMINOLOGY, LANDMARKS & GOOD TO KNOW STUFF
ANATOMY• ANATOMY : IS THE STUDY OF
STRUCTURES OR BODY PARTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO ON ANOTHER.
• ANATOMICAL POSITION: BODY IS ERECT, FEET TOGETHER, PALMS FACE FORWARD AND THE THUMBS POINT AWAY FROM THE BODY .
TERMINOLOGY• ANATOMICAL PLANES
• MEDIAN – VERTICAL PLANE PASSING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH BODY FROM FRONT TO BACK, DIVIDING INTO LT & RT HALVES
• SAGITTAL – VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH BODY PARALLEL TO MEDIAN PLANE
• CORONAL/FRONTAL – VERTICAL PLAN AT RIGHT ANGLE TO MEDIAN DIVIDING BODY INTO ANTERIOR & POSTERIOR PORTIONS
• HORIZONTAL/TRANSVERSE – HORIZONTAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH BODY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MEDIAN & CORONAL PLANES
TERMINOLOGY• DIRECTIONAL TERMINOLOGY
• SUPERIOR (CRANIAL) – NEARER TO THE HEAD
• INFERIOR (CAUDAL) – NEARER TO THE FEET
• ANTERIOR (VENTRAL) – NEARER TO THE FRONT
• POSTERIOR ( DORSAL) – NEARER TO THE BACK
• MEDIAL – NEARER TO THE MEDIAN PLANE
• LATERAL – FARTHER FROM THE MEDIAN PLAN
TERMINOLOGY• DIRECTIONAL TERMINOLOGY
• PROXIMAL – NEARER TO THE TRUNK OR POINT OF ORIGIN
• DISTAL – FARTHER FROM THE TRUNK OR POINT OF ORIGIN
• SUPERFICIAL – NEARER TO OR ON THE SURFACE
• DEEP – FURTHER FROM THE SURFACE• IPSILATERAL – ON THE SAME SIDE OF
THE BODY• CONTRALATERAL – ON THE OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE BODY
SURFACE ANATOMY • SURFACE ANATOMY (ALSO CALLED SUPERFICIAL ANATOMY AND VISUAL ANATOMY) IS
THE STUDY OF THE EXTERNAL FEATURES OF THE BODY.• IN THE CASE OF HUMAN SURFACE ANATOMY, THESE ARE THE FORM AND
PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY AND THE SURFACE LANDMARKS WHICH CORRESPOND TO DEEPER STRUCTURES HIDDEN FROM VIEW
• MOST OF THE BONES OF THE SKELETON ARE PALPABLE AND PROVIDE LANDMARKS FOR LOCATING OTHER ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES
• THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VISUAL INSPECTION AND PALPATION IN STUDYING A PERSON'S SURFACE ANATOMY IS INFLUENCED BY THE THICKNESS OF THE HYPODERMIS, WHICH VARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE PRESENT
SURFACE ANATOMY • ABDOMEN
• TWO COMMONLY USED CLINICAL METHODS OF DIVIDING THE ABDOMEN FOR DESCRIPTIVE PURPOSES.
• FIRST – GENERAL LOCALIZATION • DIVIDED INTO 4 QUADRANTS
• RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT (RUQ)• LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LUQ)• RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT (RLQ)• LEFT LOWER QUADRANT (LLQ)
SURFACE ANATOMY • ABDOMEN
SURFACE ANATOMY • ABDOMEN
• SECOND METHOD IS USED FOR SPECIFIC LOCALIZATION • INCLUDES
• EPIGASTRIC• UMBILICAL• HYPOGASTRIC• R/L HYPOCHONDRIAC• R/L LUMBAR• R/L ILIAC
SURFACE ANATOMY • ABDOMEN
SURFACE ANATOMY • POSTERIOR TORSO/BUTTOCKS/HIP
REGION• IMPORTANT TO CORRECTLY
IDENTIFY LOCATION AND BONY PROMINENCES
• HIP VS BUTTOCK VS THIGH• KNOW THE LOCATION OF YOUR
BONY PROMINENCES & HOW TO PALPATE/IDENTIFY
REGIONAL ANATOMICAL
TERMS• IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY AND ACCURATELY LABEL THE WOUND BASED ON GENERALLY ACCEPTED ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY• ALSO IMPORTANT TO BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE W/ PHYSICIANS