PRACTICAL 1

Question 1

Towards or at front of the body

Answer 1

Anterior

Question 2

towards of at the back of the body

Answer 2

posterior

Question 3

above

Answer 3

superior

Question 4

below

Answer 4

inferior

Question 5

closer to attachment of limb to the trunk

Answer 5

proximal

Question 6

further from the attachment of a limb to the trunk

Answer 6

distal

Question 7

towards or at the bodys longitudinal midline

Answer 7

medial

Question 8

away from the bodys longitudinal midline

Answer 8

lateral

Question 9

horizontal plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior

Answer 9

trasnverse

Question 10

vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

Answer 10

frontal

Question 11

vertical plane that passes through the midline of the body and divides the body into equal left and right portions

Answer 11

midsagittal

Question 12

vertical plane that does not pass through the midline of the body and divides the body into unequal left and right

Answer 12

parasagittal

Question 13

diagonal plane that divides the body at an angle

Answer 13

oblique

Question 14

lying face up palms up

Answer 14

supine

Question 15

lying face down, palms to floor

Answer 15

posterior

Question 16

towards or at the body surface

Answer 16

superficial

Question 17

away from the body surface

Answer 17

deep

Question 18

List the 9 abdominopelvic regions from left to right, top to bottom

Answer 18

• r/ hypochondriac region
• epigastric
• L/ hypochondriac region
• R/ lumbar region
• umbilical region
• L/ lumbar region
• R/ iliac region
• hypogastric region
• L/ iliac region

Question 19

list the 4 abdominopelvic quadrants from left to right, top to bottom

Answer 19

RUQ
LUQ
RLQ
LLQ

Question 20

Cavity liver is found in

Answer 20

abdominal

Question 21

cavity spleen is found in

Answer 21

abdominal

Question 22

cavity heart is found in

Answer 22

thoracic

Question 23

cavity bladder is found in

Answer 23

pelvic

Question 24

Bending movement reducing the angle at a joint

Answer 24

Flexion

Question 25

reverse of flextion, movement which increases angle between bones

Answer 25

extension

Question 26

movement of a bone away from the midline

Answer 26

abduction

Question 27

reverse of abduction

Answer 27

adduction

Question 28

as the bone or limb moves, it describes a cone while its end describes a circle

Answer 28

circumduction

Question 29

turning of a bone along its own long axis

Answer 29

rotation

Question 30

movement of the forearm so the palm faces forwards or upwards and the radius and ulna are parallel.

Answer 30

supination

Question 31

reverse of supination - radius crosses over the ulna and palm faces backwards or downwards

Answer 31

pronation

Question 32

lifting foot at the ankle

Answer 32

dorsiflexion

Question 33

pushing the foot downwards

Answer 33

plantar flexion

Question 34

sole of the foot is tuned medially

Answer 34

inversion

Question 35

sole of the foot is turned laterally

Answer 35

eversion

Question 36

movement of a bonee, forwards and backwards in the same horizontal plane

Answer 36

protraction and retraction

Question 37

up and down movements

Answer 37

elevation and depression

Question 38

movement of the thumb across the palm of the hand to touch the tips of the fingers and back again

Answer 38

opposition and reposition

Question 39

the heart is found within which cavity within the throacic cavity

Answer 39

pericardial