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Question 1

What are the spaces in the body that contains organs?

Answer 1

body cavities

Question 2

Where is the dorsal cavity located?

Answer 2

near the back

Question 3

Where is the ventral cavity located?

Answer 3

near the front

Question 4

What organs are located in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 4

the lungs, heart, major blood vessels, part of the esophagus

Question 5

What organs are located in the abdominolpelvic cavity?

Answer 5

the stomach, intestines, pancreas, liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys

Question 6

What organs are located in the lower abdominopelvic cavity (pelvic cavity)?

Answer 6

bladder, urethra, reproductive organs, parts of the large intestine, rectum

Question 7

How many body positions are there that may be mentioned in clinical exams and treatments?

Answer 7

eleven

Question 7

What is the postioin in which the patient faces forward, with the feet parallel and arms hanging at the side, and the palms facing forward?

Answer 7

anatomical position

Question 8

What is the position where the patient lies face down?

Answer 8

prone position

Question 8

What is the position in which the patient lies face up, on the back?

Answer 8

supine opsition

Question 9

What is the position where the patient is sitting in bed with the head of the bed elevated 45 degrees?

Answer 9

Fowler’s position

Question 10

What is the position where the patient is sitting in bed with the head of the bed elevated 35 degrees?

Answer 10

semi-fowler’s position

Question 10

What is the position in which the patient is lying on their side?

Answer 10

lateral position

Question 11

What is the position in which the patient is lying flat on his back with the head of the table lowered at 45 degrees?

Answer 11

Trendelenburg position

Question 12

What is the position in whcih the patient is lying on their left side, with the right leg drawn up high and forward, the left arm along the patient’s back, and the chest resting forward?

Answer 12

Sim’s position

Question 13

What is the position in which the patient is lying on their back with their feet in stirrups and knees are flexed and separated?

Answer 13

lithotomy position

Question 14

What is the position in which teh patient rests their body weight on their knees and chest?

Answer 14

knee-chest position

Question 14

What is the position in which the patient is lying on their back with their knees flexed and separated?

Answer 14

dorsal recumbent position

Question 15

What terms are often used to describe movements, the relationship between body parts, or the location of a patient’s symptom or problem?

Answer 15

directional terms

Question 15

Areas closer to the head are described as what?

Answer 15

superior

Question 16

Areas closer to the feet are described as what?

Answer 16

inferior

Question 16

Areas described as distal indicates what?

Answer 16

located the furthest area from the point of attachment

Question 17

Areas described as proximal indicate what?

Answer 17

closer to the point of attachment

Question 18

What are the three commonly identified planes of the body?

Answer 18

sagittal, coronal, and transverse