Anatomy - Terms, Planes, Cavities, Basics

Question 1

Mid-Saggital Plane

Answer 1

Dividesbody into equal left and right halves (left right)

Question 2

Transverse Plane

Answer 2

Horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions (bottom top)

Question 3

Frontal Plane

Answer 3

Divides body into front and back portions (front back)

Question 4

Midline

Answer 4

Imaginary line drawn down the center of the body dividing it into right and left halves

Question 5

Lateral

Answer 5

Away from midline

Question 6

Medial

Answer 6

Toward midline

Question 7

Cranial

Answer 7

Toward the head

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

Close to the point of attachment

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

Away from point of attachment

Question 10

Superior

Answer 10

Above

Question 11

Inferior

Answer 11

Below

Question 12

Caudal

Answer 12

Toward the tail

Question 13

Posterior (Dorsal)

Answer 13

Back of body

Question 14

Anterior (ventral)

Answer 14

Front of body

Question 15

Fowler’s position

Answer 15

A semi sitting position. The head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees

Question 16

Trendelenburg Position

Answer 16

Lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet

Question 17

Prone position

Answer 17

Lying face down

Question 18

Supline position

Answer 18

Lying face up

Question 19

Cranial cavity

Answer 19

Contains the brain

Question 20

Orbital cavity

Answer 20

Eyes

Question 21

Nasal cavity

Answer 21

Nose

Question 22

Buccal cavity

Answer 22

Vestibule of the oral cavity, the space between lips gums and teeth.

Question 23

Spinal cavity

Answer 23

Contains spinal cord

Question 24

Dorsal cavity

Answer 24

Includes cranial and spinal cavities

Question 25

Thoracic cavity

Answer 25

Contains the heart, lungs, esophagus, and trachea, large blood vessels, and bronchi

Question 26

Abdominal cavity

Answer 26

Contains stomach, small intestine, some of large intestine, appendix, gallbladder, spleen, liver, and other organs.

Question 27

Pelvic cavities

Answer 27

Contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs, other parts of large intestine

Question 28

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 28

The referral to the abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity because they form one continuous cavity that has no dividing structure in it

Question 29

Ventral cavity

Answer 29

Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity.

Question 30

Right hypochondriac region

Answer 30

Upper right

Question 31

Epigastric region

Answer 31

Upper middle

Question 32

Left hypochondriac region

Answer 32

Upper left

Question 33

Right lumbar region

Answer 33

Middle right

Question 34

Umbilical region

Answer 34

Middle

Question 35

Left lumbar region

Answer 35

Middle left

Question 36

Right iliac region

Answer 36

Lower right

Question 37

Hypogastric region

Answer 37

Low middle

Question 38

Left iliac region

Answer 38

Lower left

Question 39

What are the abdominal quadrants

Answer 39

Right upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, left upper quadrant, left lower quadrant.