Directional Cards

Question 1

What is a sagittal or longitudinal plane cut?

Answer 1

A vertical slice that separates the body into sides (right and left)

Question 2

What is a midline or midsagittal or median cut.

Answer 2

A vertical slice that separates the body exactly into right and left halves.

Question 3

What is a horizontal or axial or transverse plane cut?

Answer 3

A cut on the horizontal axis.

Question 4

What is a frontal or coronal plane cut?

Answer 4

Vertical slice that separates the body from front to back.

Question 5

Limbs

Answer 5

Leg, Arm

Question 6

Attachments

Answer 6

Arm attaches at shoulder. Leg attaches at hip

Question 7

Laterality

Answer 7

Side

Question 8

Right (longitudinal)

Answer 8

toward the patients right

Question 9

Left (longitudinal)

Answer 9

toward the patients left

Question 10

Medial (midline)

Answer 10

toward the midline

Question 11

Lateral (midline)

Answer 11

Away from the midline

Question 12

Superior (horizontal)

Answer 12

Toward the top of the head

Question 13

Inferior (horizontal)

Answer 13

Toward the bottom of the feet

Question 14

Anterior (frontal)

Answer 14

Toward the front of the body

Question 15

Posterier (frontal)

Answer 15

Toward the back of the body

Question 16

Longitudinal (limbs)

Answer 16

along the length of the limb

Question 17

Transverse (limbs)

Answer 17

Across the legnth of the limb

Question 18

Proximal (attachments)

Answer 18

towards the attachment.

Question 19

Distal (attachments)

Answer 19

Away from the attachment.

Question 20

Ipsilateral (laterality)

Answer 20

same side

Question 21

Contralateral (laterality)

Answer 21

Opposite side.