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regions of human body

Identification
Official Latin term regiones corporis humani
Specific (formal) classis regionum corporis humani
Generic term regio corporis humani
Official term regions of human body
Formal official term set of regions of human body
Generic term region of human body
Unit identifier TAH:U9460
Entity identifiers TAH:E29446
Unit type mixed set
Materiality immaterial
Navigation
Link to the unit region of human body
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: regions of human body
Taxonomic links Level 1: immaterial entity Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: anatomical surface Short Extended
Level 3: region of human body
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A region of human body is a surface of region of human body [superficies regionis corporis humani ] which is related to surfaces of the cardinal body parts of the human body.
Documentation

What is a region?

The practice of anatomy is ambiguous about this term as already mentioned by TA98: "Regiones: The use of this term differs in practice. It may be restricted to areas of the surface of the body or be three dimensional." The problem is that such a situation is not acceptable in a modern terminology.

Our approach is to consider a regio as a surface of the body, in other words as an immaterial entity. This is particularly important in the chapter on general anatomy. This chapter is splitted into two parts: the cardinal parts of the human body, all material entities and the regions, all immaterial entities.

This position implies several changes compared to TA98 and other later terminologies. Even the FMA is not totally clear to this respect: it sometimes uses the term region for material entities! Our position is to avoid the word region for any material entity.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U9611
human body SOS
TAH:U9460 regions of human body ZES
TAH:U9565
plane of reference inv
TAH:U9566
line of reference inv
TAH:U122
regions of head ZIZ
TAH:U142
cervical regions region ZIZ
TAH:U154
thoracic regions region ZIZ
TAH:U164
regions of abdomen ZIZ
TAH:U171
regions of dorsum ZIZ
TAH:U181
perineal region MIZ
TAH:U219
intergluteal cleft MIZ
TAH:U184
regions of upper limb (pair) QIZ
TAH:U185
deltoid region (pair) PIQ
TAH:U186
brachial region (pair) PIQ
TAH:U191
cubital region (pair) PIQ
TAH:U195
region of forearm (pair) PIQ
TAH:U200
region of hand (pair) PIQ
TAH:U217
regions of lower limb (pair) QIZ
TAH:U218
gluteal region (pair) PIQ
TAH:U221
region of hip (pair) PIQ
TAH:U222
femoral region (pair) PIQ
TAH:U226
region of knee (pair) PIQ
TAH:U230
region of crus (pair) PIQ
TAH:U233
sural region (pair) PIQ
TAH:U238
region of foot (pair) PIQ
Total
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Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026