Body Location Finder

A familiar body part name and an anatomical region name can describe the same general place. The map shows both where available, helping you move from everyday wording to a more specific location description.

• Shoulder blade area: the scapular region on the upper back. In skeleton view, the shoulder blade itself is the scapula.
• Front of knee: the patellar region. The patella is the kneecap bone selected in skeleton view.
• Back of knee: the popliteal region, a surface area rather than a separate bone.
• Calf: the sural region on the back of the lower leg.

These labels describe regions on a generic model. A selected surface point does not identify an internal organ, muscle, or the tissue responsible for symptoms.

Start with the body’s left or right side, then the region and whether you mean its front or back. For example, “left calf, back view” or “right front of knee” is more specific than “my leg”. In a front-facing body diagram, the model’s left appears on your right.

For the area behind a knee, choose Back and select that point, or search for “left back of knee”. To describe several places, choose Add location before placing another marker. Copy location description produces a numbered list; the image download captures the current view with its location descriptions.

The surface model labels this area Scrotum (testicle area). The scrotum is the skin sac containing the testes, also called testicles. Clicking the external surface selects that sac; this tool does not offer a separate internal-testes layer. See the National Cancer Institute’s definition of scrotum.

The 3D body depicts one generic adult male anatomy. Its proportions and regional boundaries do not represent every person. Use the marker to communicate a place and refine it visually, rather than treating it as a measurement of your individual anatomy.