Body Orientation

Question 1

Prone

Answer 1

Position of body when lying face down

For forearm movement (in anatomical position) Pronation directs palm posterity. (palms face down

Question 2

Supine

Answer 2

Position of body when lying face up.

For forearm movement (in anatomical position), supinations directs palm anteriorly. (palms face up)

Question 3

Anatomical Position

Answer 3

position for anatomical description.
standing erect with arms at sides palms facing forwards finger pointing down, feet parallel to each other and flat on the floor and eyes directed forward.

Question 4

coronal plane

Answer 4

a plane that passes side to side through the body dividing it into anterior and posterior portions
also called frontal plane

Question 5

midsagittal plane

Answer 5

a plane that passes from front to back through the midline of the body dividing it into right and left halves.
AKA median plane

Question 6

Oblique Plane

Answer 6

a slanted plane i.e. not horizontal or vertical that passes through the body

Question 7

Sagittal Plane

Answer 7

a plane that passes from front to back through the body dividing it into right and left portions.

• sometimes called parasagittal plane
• midsagittal (median) plane passes through midline of body and divides into right and left halves.

Question 8

Transverse Plane

Answer 8

a plane that passes perpendicular to the long axis of the body dividing it into superior and interior portions.
-also called horizontal plane or cross-section

Question 9

Anterior

Answer 9

Toward the front of the body (e.g. the sternum is anterior to the heart)
-Ventral, sometimes used as synonymously

Question 10

deep

Answer 10

away from the surface of the body (e.g. kidney the medulla is deep to the cortex)

Question 11

distal

Answer 11

farther from trunk or origin of a structure (e.g the wrist is distal to the elbow)

Question 12

inferior

Answer 12

downward or below (e.g. the diaphragm is inferior to the heart)
-in humans synonymous with caudal

Question 13

lateral

Answer 13

away from the midline of the body (e.g. the lungs are lateral to the heart)

Question 14

medial

Answer 14

towards the midline of the body (e.g. the heart is medial to the lungs)

Question 15

Posterior

Answer 15

toward the back of the body or relating to the back (e.g. the heart is posterior to the sternum)
-Dorsal, sometimes used synonymously relating to the back

Question 16

proximal

Answer 16

closer to trunk or origin of a structure (e.g. the elbow is proximal to the wrist)

Question 17

superficial

Answer 17

towards the surface of the body (e.g the kidney the cortex is superficial to the medulla)

Question 18

Superior

Answer 18

Upwards or above (e.g. the heard is superior to the diaphragm)
-cranial sometimes synonymously relating to head