Navigating the Body

Question 1

anatomical postition

Answer 1

head, eyes, chest facing anteriorly, palms facing anteriorly, feet directed forward

Question 1

supine

Answer 1

laying face up (recombent)

Question 2

prone

Answer 2

laying face down

Question 3

sagittal plane

Answer 3

any plane that divides the body left to right (ex. Midclavicular

Question 4

median or midsagittal plane

Answer 4

plane through the midline that divides left from right

Question 5

transverse or axial plane

Answer 5

any plane separating superior from inferior (ex. Transumbilical)

Question 6

coronal or frontal plane

Answer 6

any vertical plane separating anterior and posterior (ex. Midaxillary)

Question 7

midclavicular plane

Answer 7

Question 8

median plane

Answer 8

Question 9

transumbilical plane

Answer 9

transverse plane through the umbilicus

Question 10

midaxillary plane

Answer 10

Question 11

superior

Answer 11

closer to head

Question 12

inferior

Answer 12

closer to feet

Question 13

superficial/external

Answer 13

closer to surface

Question 14

deep/internal

Answer 14

farther from surface

Question 15

medial

Answer 15

toward midline

Question 16

lateral

Answer 16

away from midline

Question 17

proximal

Answer 17

toward core (on extremities)

Question 18

distal

Answer 18

away from core (on extremities)

Question 19

anterior

Answer 19

toward front of body

Question 20

posterior

Answer 20

toward back of body

Question 21

ipsilateral

Answer 21

same side of body

Question 22

contralateral

Answer 22

opposite side of body

Question 23

flexion

Answer 23

movement that decreases the angle between two body parts

Question 24

extension

Answer 24

movement that increase the angle between two body parts

Question 25

abduction

Answer 25

moving away from midline

Question 26

adduction

Answer 26

moving toward the midline (adding)

Question 27

rotation

Answer 27

moving around longitudinal axis

Question 28

medial rotation

Answer 28

rotating internally

Question 29

lateral rotation

Answer 29

rotating externally

Question 30

retraction

Answer 30

toward the midline (usually with scapula)

Question 31

protraction

Answer 31

away from midline (usually with scapula)

Question 32

Cranial (Cephalic or Rostral)

Answer 32

toward the head of a fetus

Question 33

caudal

Answer 33

toward the tail of the fetus

Question 34

ventral

Answer 34

anteriorly in fetus

Question 35

dorsal

Answer 35

toward the back/posterior in fetus (dorsal fin)