The Seven Approaches

HCA/220

When studying the human body there are seven approaches and different but yet specific points of view. The seven approaches are:
Body planes and body directions
Body cavities
Quadrants and regions
Anatomy and physiology
Microscopic to macroscopic
Body systems
Medical specialties

Body planes and body directions is when the body is divided with a n imaginary flat surface in which it divides the body into two parts. The three main plans are coronal and frontal, sagittal and transverse plane. The planes divide the body from right and left, top and bottom, and front and back and the directions represent movement. Coronal or frontal plan is when the body is vertical and divided into front