wound care anatomy

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)


• SECOND METHOD IS USED FOR SPECIFIC LOCALIZATION • INCLUDES

• EPIGASTRIC• UMBILICAL• HYPOGASTRIC• R/L HYPOCHONDRIAC• R/L LUMBAR• R/L ILIAC

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

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