Body Catvities,Planes And Directions

Question 1

What are body cavities?

Answer 1

Spaces within the body containing vital organs

Question 2

What are the 2 main cavities?

Answer 2

Posterior (Back) and Anterior (Front)

Question 3

What are body planes?

Answer 3

Fixed lines of reference along which the body is often divided or sectioned

Question 4

What is the Midsagittal Plane?

Answer 4

Divides body in 2, left and right

Question 5

What is the Transverse Plane?

Answer 5

Divides the body into top and bottom parts

Question 6

What is the Coronal Plane?

Answer 6

Divides the body into front and back sections

Question 7

What is anatomical position?

Answer 7

It’s a universal stance. Standing erect, facing forward, arms to side, palms forward.

Question 8

Superior

Answer 8

Above another structure (Closer to head)

Question 9

Inferior

Answer 9

Below another structure (Closer to feet)

Question 10

Lateral

Answer 10

Side or further away from midline

Question 11

Medial

Answer 11

Middle/near the medial line or closer to midline

Question 12

Proximal

Answer 12

Near the point of attachment to the trunk (torso)
[refers to limbs]

Question 13

Distal

Answer 13

Away from the point of attachment to the trunk (torso)

Question 14

Supine

Answer 14

Lying on the back facing upward

Question 15

Prone

Answer 15

Lying on stomach facing downward

Question 16

Deep

Answer 16

Through the surface or internal

Question 17

Superficial

Answer 17

On/near the surface or external

Question 18

Cranial Cephalic

Answer 18

Toward the head

Question 19

Caudal

Answer 19

Toward the feet

Question 20

What are body regions?

Answer 20

Abdominal cavity is divided into 9 regions

Question 21

Why are body regions important?

Answer 21

Regions are used to describe the location of the organ, injury or pain

Question 22

Epigastric

Answer 22

Upper center are above stomach

Question 23

Umbilicus

Answer 23

The region surrounding the umbilicus (Bellybutton area)

Question 24

Hypogastric

Answer 24

Area just below umbilicus region (reproductive area)

Question 25

Hypochondriac

Answer 25

Either side of epigastric region, below ribs and above abdomen

Question 26

Lumbar

Answer 26

On either side of umbilicus region. Near waist

Question 27

Iliac

Answer 27

Either side of hypogastric region. Near upper hipbone

Question 28

What are quadrants?

Answer 28

Simpler way to divide the abdominal cavity

Question 29

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Answer 29

On right anterior side (liver, gallbladder, parts of pancreas and intestine tract)

Question 30

Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

Answer 30

On the lower right anterior side (appendix, parts of intestines, female reproductive organs and the urinary tract)

Question 31

Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)

Answer 31

On left anterior side (stomach, spleen, parts of liver, pancreas and intestines)

Question 32

Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

Answer 32

On left bottom anterior side (parts of intestines, reproductive organs of females and urinary tract)