 PATELLAR – anterior knee
 PELVIC – area overlying the pelvis
 ANTERIOR BODY
LANDMARKS:
 ABDOMINAL – anterior body
trunk inferior to the ribs.
 ACROMIAL – point of shoulder
 ANTEBRACHIAL – forearm
 ANTECUBITAL – anterior
surface of elbow
 AXILLARY – armpit
 BRACHIAL – arm
 BUCCAL – cheek area
 CARPAL – wrist
 CERVICAL – neck region
 COXAL – hip
 CRURAL – leg
 DELTOID – curve of shoulder
formed by large deltoid muscle
 DIGITAL – fingers, toes
 FEMORAL – thigh
 FIBULAR – lateral part of leg
 FRONTAL – forehead
 INGUINAL – area where thigh
meets body trunk; groin
 NASAL – nose area
 ORAL – mouth
 ORBITAL – eye area
 PUBIC – genital region
 STERNAL – breastbone area
 TARSAL – ankle region
 THORACIC – chest
 UMBILICAL – navel
 POSTERIOR BODY
LANDMARKS:
 CALCANEAL – heel of foot
 CEPHALIC – head
 FEMORAL – thigh
 GLUTEAL – buttock
 LUMBAR – area of back between
ribs and hips
 OCCIPITAL – posterior surface of
head
 OLECRANAL – posterior surface
of elbow
 POPLITEAL – posterior knee area
 SACRAL – area between hips
 SCAPULAR – shoulder blade
region
 SURAL – the posterior surface of
lower leg; the calf
 VERTEBRAL – area of spine