Body Regions and Locations

Question 1

What term indicates a person whose body is lying down in a horizontal position, on the back, with face upward?

Answer 1

Supine

Question 2

Which plane of the body divides the body vertically into anterior and posterior portions?

Answer 2

Frontal plane

Question 3

Which region does the axial portion of the body include?

Answer 3

Neck

Question 4

The supine and prone positions both indicate the body in what position?

Answer 4

Lying down horizontally

Question 5

Which position, sometimes called the recumbent position, is on the back, face upward?

Answer 5

Supine

Question 6

Which position is on the belly, face down?

Answer 6

Prone

Question 7

A person who’s lying on their left or right side is in the _______ position.

Answer 7

lateral recumbent

Question 8

In anatomical terminology, which term is used to describe a direction that means ‘toward the head’?

Answer 8

Superior

Question 9

In anatomical terminology, which term is used to describe a direction that means ‘toward the feet’?

Answer 9

Inferior

Question 10

The term cephalic, pertaining to the head, is used to mean——

Answer 10

superior

Question 11

The term caudal, pertaining to the tail, is used to mean

Answer 11

inferior

Question 12

The lungs are located _______ to the trachea.

Answer 12

inferior

Question 13

The trachea is located _______ to the lungs.

Answer 13

superior

Question 14

The _______ plane divides the body vertically into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts.

Answer 14

frontal

Question 15

The _______ plane divides the body vertically into unequal right and left parts.

Answer 15

sagittal

Question 16

The _______ plane divides the body vertically through the median into equal right and left parts.

Answer 16

midsagittal

Question 17

The _______ plane divides the body horizontally into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) parts.

Answer 17

transverse

Question 18

A _______ is a hollow place or space within the body or one of its organs.

Answer 18

cavity

Question 19

The _______ portion includes the head, neck, and torso or trunk.

Answer 19

axial

Question 20

The _______ portion includes the appendages of the body.

Answer 20

appendicular

Question 21

The _______ portion contains the dorsal and ventral cavities.

Answer 21

axial

Question 22

Which cavity is subdivided into the cranial cavity and the spinal cavity?

Answer 22

Dorsal

Question 23

The _______ cavity houses the brain.

Answer 23

Cranial

Question 24

Which cavity consists of the vertebral canal?

Answer 24

Spinal

Question 25

The _______ cavity is divided into the following sections: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.

Answer 25

spinal

Question 26

Where are the cervical vertebrae located?

Answer 26

Neck

Question 27

Where are the thoracic vertebrae located?

Answer 27

Chest

Question 28

Where are the lumbar vertebrae located?

Answer 28

Loin

Question 29

Where are the sacral vertebrae located?

Answer 29

Lower back

Question 30

Where is the coccyx located?

Answer 30

Tailbone

Question 31

The _______ vertebrae are located in the neck.

Answer 31

cervical

Question 32

The _______ vertebrae are located in the chest.

Answer 32

thoracic

Question 33

The _______ vertebrae are located in the loin.

Answer 33

lumbar

Question 34

The _______ vertebrae are located in the lower back.

Answer 34

sacral

Question 35

The _______ vertebrae are located in the tailbone.

Answer 35

coccyx

Question 36

Which cavity is subdivided into the thoracic and abdominal cavities?

Answer 36

Ventral

Question 37

The _______ cavity is the largest ventral cavity and contains the stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen.

Answer 37

Abdominopelvic

Question 38

The _______ is the right upper lateral abdominal region that contains the lower ribs.

Answer 38

right hypochondriac

Question 39

The _______ region is located above the umbilical region.

Answer 39

epigastric

Question 40

The _______ region is the left upper lateral abdominal region that contains the lower ribs.

Answer 40

left hypochondriac

Question 41

The _______ region is the right loin region even with the umbilical region.

Answer 41

right lumbar

Question 42

The _______ region is the middle region of the abdominal cavity that contains the umbilicus or belly button.

Answer 42

umbilical

Question 43

The _______ region is the left loin region that is even with the umbilical region.

Answer 43

left lumbar

Question 44

The _______ region is the right pelvic region.

Answer 44

right iliac

Question 45

The _______ region is the lower middle region beneath the navel between the right and left iliac regions.

Answer 45

hypogastric

Question 46

The _______ region is the left pelvic region of the abdominal cavity.

Answer 46

left iliac

Question 47

The hypogastric _______ is part of the abdominal cavity.

Answer 47

region

Question 48

The right upper _______ is part of the abdominal cavity.

Answer 48

quadrant