anatomical map reading

Question 1

Sagittal plane (Median plane)

Answer 1

cuts the anatomical position in half vertically, dividing the body and organs in left and right.

Question 2

Parasagittal plane:

Answer 2

cuts the anatomical postion into a left and right, shifter off center. (paralell to Sagittal plane)

Question 3

Coronal plane (frontal plane)

Answer 3

splits the anatomical position into a front and back

Question 4

transverse plane

Answer 4

divides the anatomical position into top and bottom

Question 5

Axial parts

Answer 5

Head, Neck, Trunk

Question 6

Appendicular parts

Answer 6

Arms, Legs

Question 7

Anterior (Ventral)

Answer 7

Front of the body or the direction towards the front of the body

Question 8

Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 8

Back of the body or the direction towards the back of the body

Question 9

Superior (cranial)

Answer 9

features towards the top of the body

Question 10

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 10

features towards the bottom of the body

Question 11

Medial Structures

Answer 11

structures towards the midline

Question 12

Lateral structures

Answer 12

Structures further away from the midline

Question 13

Midline

Answer 13

a centered line running down the axis (middle) of the body

Question 14

Proximal

Answer 14

a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body

Question 15

Distal

Answer 15

a position in a limb that is farther from the point of attachment or the trunk of the body

Question 16

Superficial

Answer 16

closer to the surface of the skin

Question 17

deep

Answer 17

furthest from the surface of the skin

Question 18

Flexion

Answer 18

the bending of a joint

Question 19

Extention

Answer 19

the straightening of a joint

Question 20

adduction

Answer 20

the motion towards the midline

Question 21

abduction

Answer 21

the motion away from the midline

Question 22

prone position

Answer 22

face down

Question 23

supine position

Answer 23

face up, on your back

Question 24

shock position

Answer 24

face up, on your back with feet elevated

Question 25

Fowler position

Answer 25

sitting up with bent knees

Question 26

recovery position

Answer 26

laying down on the side

Question 27

frons

Answer 27

forehead

Question 28

cranium

Answer 28

skull

Question 29

facies

Answer 29

face

Question 30

oris

Answer 30

mouth

Question 31

mentis

Answer 31

chin

Question 32

axilla

Answer 32

armpit

Question 33

brachium

Answer 33

arm

Question 34

antecubitis

Answer 34

front of elbow

Question 35

antebrachium

Answer 35

forearm

Question 36

carpus

Answer 36

wrist

Question 37

pollex

Answer 37

thumb

Question 38

palma

Answer 38

palm

Question 39

digits (phalanges)

Answer 39

fingers or toes

Question 40

patella

Answer 40

kneecap

Question 41

crus

Answer 41

lower leg

Question 42

tarsus

Answer 42

ankle

Question 43

hallux

Answer 43

big toe

Question 44

oculus

Answer 44

eye

Question 45

bucca

Answer 45

cheek

Question 46

auris

Answer 46

ear

Question 47

nasus

Answer 47

nose

Question 48

cervicis

Answer 48

neck

Question 49

thorcis or thorax

Answer 49

chest

Question 50

mamma

Answer 50

breast

Question 51

abdomen

Answer 51

abdomen

Question 52

umbilicus

Answer 52

naval

Question 53

hip

Answer 53

hip

Question 54

pelvis

Answer 54

pelvis

Question 55

inguen or groin

Answer 55

groin

Question 56

pubis

Answer 56

pubic

Question 57

femur

Answer 57

thigh

Question 58

pes

Answer 58

foot

Question 59

cephalon

Answer 59

back of the head

Question 60

shoulder

Answer 60

shoulder

Question 61

dorsum

Answer 61

back

Question 62

olecranon

Answer 62

back of the elbow

Question 63

limbus

Answer 63

lumbar region

Question 64

sacrum

Answer 64

back of the hip

Question 65

manus

Answer 65

hand

Question 66

gluteus

Answer 66

buttock

Question 67

popliteus

Answer 67

back of the knee

Question 68

sura

Answer 68

calf

Question 69

calcaneus

Answer 69

heel

Question 70

planta

Answer 70

sole of the foot