Anatomical Location and Position

Question 0

Standard Anatomical position of the body is erect

Answer 0

Head facing forward, arms by the sides with palms to the front. Left and right are from the subject’s point of view, not the examiner’s

Question 1

Three reference systems

Answer 1

Direction, Planes, Cavities, and Structural unit

Question 2

Directional and positional terms

Answer 2

Describe the location of organs or body parts in relationship to one another.

Question 3

Superior

Answer 3

Above, in upward direction, toward the head

Question 4

Inferior

Answer 4

Below or in a downward direction; move toward the feet or tail

Question 5

Anterior- ventral

Answer 5

In front of or before, the front side of the body

Question 6

Posterior- dorsal

Answer 6

Toward the back, back side of the body

Question 7

Caudal

Answer 7

Pertaining to the tail; inferior in position

Question 8

Cephalic

Answer 8

Pertaining to the head; superior in position

Question 9

Medial

Answer 9

Nearest the midline or middle

Question 10

Lateral

Answer 10

To the side, away from the middle

Question 11

Proximal

Answer 11

Nearest the point of attachment or near the beginning of a structure

Question 12

Distal

Answer 12

Away from the point of attachment or far from the beginning of a structure

Question 13

Planes

Answer 13

Describe the imaginary planes that passes through the body and dividing it into various sections.

Question 14

Midsagittal planes- median plane

Answer 14

Vertically divides the body as it passes through the midline to form right half and left half

Question 15

Transverse- horizontal plane

Answer 15

Any plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions

Question 16

Coronal- frontal plane

Answer 16

Any plane that divides the body at right angles to the midsagittal plane. They divides the body into anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) portions

Question 17

Cavity

Answer 17

Is a hollow space containing body organs

Question 18

Body cavity two groups

Answer 18

Ventral cavity or anterior cavity

Dorsal cavity or posterior cavity

Question 19

Ventral cavity- anterior cavity

Answer 19

Is the hollow portion of the human torso extending from the neck to the pelvis containing the heart, and the other organs of respiration, digestion, reproduction and elimination.

Question 20

Ventral cavity subdivision areas

Answer 20

Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic

Question 21

Thoracic cavity

Answer 21

The area of the chest containing the heart and the lungs.

Question 22

Pericardial cavity within the Thoracic cavity

Answer 22

Is the space containing the heart.

Question 23

Pleural cavity within the thoracic cavity

Answer 23

Is the space surrounding each lungs

Question 24

Other organs in the thoracic cavity

Answer 24

Esophagus, trachea, thymus, certain large blood and lymph vessel

Question 25

Abdominal cavity

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The space below the diaphragm, commonly referred to as the belly; contains the stomach, intestines, and other organs of digestion.

Question 26

Pelvis cavity

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The space formed by the bone of the pelvic area, contains the organs of reproduction and elimination.

Question 27

Dorsal cavity- posterior cavity

Answer 27

Containing the structures of the nervous system.

Question 28

Dorsal cavity subdivision

Answer 28

Cranial cavity- the space in the skull containing the brain.

Spinal cavity- the space within the bony spinal column that contains the spinal cord and spinal fluid.

Question 29

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 29

Is the combination of the abdominal and pelvic cavities. It is divided in nine regions.

Question 30

Nine regions of the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 30

Right hypochondriac-upper right region at the level of the ninth rib cartilage
Left hypochondriac-upper left region at the level of the ninth rib cartilage
Epigastric-region over the stomach
Right lumbar-right middle lateral region
Left lumbar-left middle lateral region
Umbilical-in the center, between the right and left lumbar region; the navel
Right iliac (inguinal)-right lower lateral region
Left iliac (inguinal)-left lower lateral region
Hypogastric-lower middle region below the navel

Question 31

Abdomen four quadrants

Answer 31

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)-contain the right lobe of the liver, gallbladder, part of the pancreas and part of the small and large intestines
Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)-contain the left lobe of the liver, stomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, and part of the small and large intestines
Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)-contain part of the small and large intestines, appendix, right ovary, right Fallopian tube, right ureter
Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)-contain part of the small and large intestines, left ovary, left Fallopian tube, left ureter.