Anatomical Terms Ch 7

Question 1

What refers to the structure of the body and the relationship of its parts to each other.

Answer 1

Anatomy

Question 2

This refers to the function of the living body

Answer 2

Physiology

Question 3

Patieent lying face up on back

Answer 3

Supine

Question 4

Patient lying face down on stomach

Answer 4

Prone

Question 5

Patient lying on his left or right side

Answer 5

Lateral recumbent (recovery) position

Question 6

Patient lying on back with upper body elevated 45-60 angle

Answer 6

Fowlers position

Question 7

Patient lying on back with upper body elevated less than 45 angle

Answer 7

Semi-Fowlers position

Question 8

Patient lying on back with legs elevated higher than the head and body on an inclined plane.

Answer 8

Trendelenburg position

Question 9

Only feet and legs elevated 12 inchesw

Answer 9

Shock position

Question 10

Also known as the median plane, is a vertical plane that runs lengthwise and divides the body into left and right segments

Answer 10

Sagittal Plane

Question 11

Divides the body into front and back halves

Answer 11

Frontal or coronal plane

Question 12

Is parallel with ground and divides body into upper and lower halves

Answer 12

Transverse or horizontal plane

Question 13

Line through the middle of the body from head down through the legs to the feet

Answer 13

Midline

Question 14

Line drawn from the patients armpit down to the ankle

Answer 14

Midaxillary line

Question 15

Patients front

patients back

Answer 15

Anterior

Posterior

Question 16

Line drawn horizontally through patients waist

Answer 16

Transverse line

Question 17

above the waist

below the waist

Answer 17

superior

inferior

Question 18

Towards the front

Towards the back

Answer 18

anterior

posterior

Question 19

means toward the head above the point of reference

meaans toward the feet or below the point of reference

Answer 19

superior

inferior

Question 20

towaards the back or backbone

towards the front or belly

Answer 20

dorsal

ventral

Question 21

towards the midline or center of the body

towards the left or right of the midline, away from the midline of the body

Answer 21

medial

lateral

Question 22

means near the point of reference

means distant or far from the point of reference

Answer 22

proximal

distal

Question 23

refers to the sole of the foot

refers to the palm of the hand

Answer 23

plantar

palmar