Lab Practicum

Question 1

anatomical position

Answer 1

standing, facing forward, arms at side, palms forward

Question 2

Supine

Answer 2

laying upward

Question 3

Prone

Answer 3

laying downward

Question 4

Superior

Answer 4

higher/above, or toward the upper part of the body

Question 5

Inferior

Answer 5

lower/below, toward the lower part of the body

Question 6

Transverse

Answer 6

horizontal plane (upper and lower halves)

Question 7

Mid-sagittal

Answer 7

median plane (left and right halves)

Question 8

Coronal

Answer 8

frontal plane (front and back halves)

Question 9

Anterior

Answer 9

toward the front of the body

Question 10

Posterior

Answer 10

toward the back of the body

Question 11

Cephalic

Answer 11

closer to the head than any other structure

Question 12

Caudal

Answer 12

closer to the tail bone than any other structure

Question 13

Ipsilateral

Answer 13

on the same side of the body (right arm & leg on the same side)

Question 14

Contralateral

Answer 14

effects on the opposite side of the body (left brain damage impacts movement on right arm)

Question 15

Proximal

Answer 15

closer to the point of attachment (shoulder is proximal to elbow)

Question 16

Distal

Answer 16

farther to the point of attachment (wrist is distal to elbow)

Question 17

Lateral

Answer 17

away from vertical midline of the body

Question 18

Medial

Answer 18

toward the vertical midline of the body

Question 19

Superficial

Answer 19

toward the surface or on it; external

Question 20

Deep

Answer 20

away from the surface; internal

Question 21

Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)

Answer 21

spleen, stomach, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, left kidney

Question 22

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Answer 22

liver, gallbladder, large intestine, small intestine, right kidney

Question 23

Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

Answer 23

small intestine, large intestine, bladder, L ovary, uterus

Question 24

Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

Answer 24

small intestine, large intestine, appendix, bladder, R ovary, uterus

Question 25

Dorsal cavity

Answer 25

cranial (brain) and vertebral/ spinal (spinal cord)

Question 26

Ventral cavity

Answer 26

contains all structures in chest and abdomen (thoracic: heart, lungs, mediastinum) (abdominopelvic: gallbladder, liver, stomach, spleen, small and large intestines, pancreas, appendix, bladder, reproductive organs