L01 Major Regions Overview

• Head
• Neck
• Thorax
• Abdominopelvic
• Vertebral
• Limbs

L02 Features of a Generic Region - Overview

• Terms

Compartments

Intra/Extraperitoneal compartments and further subdivision. Greater/Lesser Sac (abdomen)

Neck compartments - by fascial envelopes

Tissue Layers

Tissues forming anatomical 'walls' are organised into layers.

Derived from: Skin, Fat, Connective Tissue, Muscles, Epithelial Layer. In a SEQUENTIAL order.

• Outside to Inside:

Muscles of body wall

3 Layers of muscles make up body wall. Encircle the body cavity, muscle fibres lie in different slopes of obliquity.

• Outer layer - passes outside ribs