General Body Positions

Question 1

Upright

Answer 1

Erect or vertical

Question 2

Seated

Answer 2

upright but in a sitting position

Question 3

Recumbent

Answer 3

lying down in any position

Question 4

Supine

Answer 4

Lying on ones back

Question 5

Prone

Answer 5

Lying face down

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Lying on ones side, name for the side the against the IR

Question 7

Oblique

Answer 7

Coronal plane not parallel named according to the side of the body against the IR and either anterior or posterior stand names are: RPO, RAO, LPO, LAO

Question 8

Decubitus

Answer 8

Recumbent with a horizontal CR

Question 9

Trendelenburg

Answer 9

Supine with head lower than the feet

Question 10

Lordotic

Answer 10

Upright postion and leaning backward

Question 11

Fowlers

Answer 11

Supine with head elevated

Question 12

Lithotomy

Answer 12

Supine with knees and hips flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally

Question 13

Sims

Answer 13

Recumbent with patient on left side with right leg anterior to the left leg