Chapter 3- Directions, Planes, Positions, Regions, Quadrants

Question 1

Anter/o

Answer 1

Front

Question 2

Caud/o

Answer 2

Tail (downward)

Question 3

Cephal/o

Answer 3

Head (upward)

Question 4

Dist/o

Answer 4

Away (from the point of attachment of s body part)

Question 5

Dors/o

Answer 5

Back

Question 6

Infer/o

Answer 6

Below

Question 7

Later/o

Answer 7

Side

Question 8

Medi/o

Answer 8

Middle

Question 9

Poster/o

Answer 9

Back, behind

Question 10

Proxim/o

Answer 10

Near (the point of attachment of a body part)

Question 11

Super/o

Answer 11

Above

Question 12

Ventr/o

Answer 12

Belly (front)

Question 13

Bi-

Answer 13

Two

Question 14

Uni-

Answer 14

One

Question 15

-ad

Answer 15

Toward

Question 16

-ior

Answer 16

Pertaining to

Question 17

Frontal or coronal plane

Answer 17

Vertical plane passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions.

Question 18

Midsagittal plane

Answer 18

Vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves.

Question 19

Parasagittal plane

Answer 19

Vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body from front to back,mid idling the into unequal left and right sides.

Question 20

Sagittal Plane

Answer 20

Vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into eight and left sides.

Question 21

Transverse plane

Answer 21

Horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions

Question 22

Midline (reference point)

Answer 22

Imaginary line that separates the body, or body parts, into halves. Used as a common reference point.

Question 23

Fowler position

Answer 23

Semi-sitting position with slight elevation of the knees

Question 24

Lithotomy position

Answer 24

Lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted and extremely rotated.

Question 25

Orthopnea position

Answer 25

Sitting erect in child or sitting upright in bed supported by pillows behind the head and chest (also called orthopneic position)

Question 26

Prone position

Answer 26

Lying on abdomen, facing downward

Question 27

Recumbent position

Answer 27

Lying down in any position

Question 28

Sims position

Answer 28

Lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind, parallel to the back

Question 29

Supine position

Answer 29

Lying in back, facing upward

Question 30

Trendelenburg position

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Umbilical region (1)

Answer 31

Around the naval (umbilicus)

Question 32

Lumbar regions (2)

Answer 32

To the right and left of the I,biblical region, near the waist

Question 33

Epigraphic region (1)

Answer 33

Superior to the umbilical region

Question 34

Hypochondriac region (2)

Answer 34

To the right and left of the epigastric region

Question 35

Hypogastric region (1)

Answer 35

Inferior to the umbilical region

Question 36

Iliac region (2)

Answer 36

To the right and left of the hypothetical region, near the groin (also called inguinal regions)

Question 37

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Answer 37

Refers to the area encompassing the right lobe of the liver, the gallbladder, medial portion of the pancreas, and portions of the small and large intestines.

Question 38

Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)

Answer 38

Refers to the area encompassing the left lobe of the liver, the stomach, the spleen, lateral portion of the pancreas, and portions of the small and large intestines.

Question 39

Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

Answer 39

Refers to the area encompassing portions of the small and large intestines, the left ureter, and the left ovary and uterine tube in women or the left spermatic duct in men

Question 40

Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

Answer 40

Refers to the area encompassing the small and large intestines, the appendix, the right ureter, and the right ovary and uterine tube in women and the right spermatic duct in men.

Question 41

Ant

Answer 41

Anterior

Question 42

AP

Answer 42

Anteroposterior

Question 43

Inf

Answer 43

Inferior

Question 44

Lat

Answer 44

Lateral

Question 45

LLQ

Answer 45

Lower Left Quadrant

Question 46

LUQ

Answer 46

Left Upper Quadrant

Question 47

Med

Answer 47

Medial

Question 48

PA

Answer 48

Posteroanterior

Question 49

RLQ

Answer 49

Right lower quadrant

Question 50

RUQ

Answer 50

Right upper quadrant

Question 51

sup

Answer 51

Superior