Sectional Basics

Question 1

an axial plane divides body into _______ and ______ portions

Answer 1

upper and lower

Question 2

in standard anatomic position, hands and feet are

Answer 2

forward

Question 3

which structures are contained within pelvic cavity

Answer 3

ovaries, rectum, and gonads

Question 4

in standard anatomic position, a sagittal plane is oriented

Answer 4

vertically

Question 5

what does anterior/ventral mean

Answer 5

towards the front

Question 6

what does superior mean

Answer 6

above

Question 7

what does posterior/dorsal mean

Answer 7

towards the back

Question 8

what does medial mean

Answer 8

towards the midline

Question 9

what does inferior mean

Answer 9

below

Question 10

what does lateral mean

Answer 10

away from midline

Question 11

what does proximal mean

Answer 11

towards origin

Question 12

what does deep mean

Answer 12

away from skin/surface

Question 13

what does cranial/cephalic mean

Answer 13

towards head

Question 14

what does caudal mean

Answer 14

towards the feet

Question 15

what does distal mean

Answer 15

away from origin

Question 16

what does superficial mean

Answer 16

towards skin/surface

Question 17

what does ipsilateral mean

Answer 17

on same side

Question 18

what does plantar mean

Answer 18

bottom of foot

Question 19

what dose contralateral mean

Answer 19

on opposite side

Question 20

what does palmar mean

Answer 20

anterior hand

Question 21

what external land marks matches up with costal margin

Answer 21

L3

Question 22

what external landmark matches up with symphysis pubis

Answer 22

coccyx

Question 23

what external land mark matches up with mastoid tip

Answer 23

C1

Question 24

what external land mark matches up with umbilicus

Answer 24

L3/L4

Question 25

what external land mark matches up with iliac crest

Answer 25

L4

Question 26

what external landmark matches up with ASIS

Answer 26

S1

Question 27

what external landmark matches up with vertabra prominens

Answer 27

C7

Question 28

what external landmark matches up with jugular notch

Answer 28

T2/T3

Question 29

what external landmark matches up with sternal angle

Answer 29

T4/T5

Question 30

most of the stomach is located within which quadrant of abdomen

Answer 30

LUQ

Question 31

what structures are contained within the mediastinum

Answer 31

esophagus, thymus, and trachea

Question 32

much of SB is located within which quadrant of abdomen?

Answer 32

LLQ

Question 33

the appendix is located within which quadrant of abdomen?

Answer 33

RLQ

Question 34

the cecum is located within which quadrant of abdomen

Answer 34

RLQ

Question 35

dorsal cavity is partitioned into what 2 cavities

Answer 35

spinal and cranial

Question 36

the elbow is _____ to shoulder

Answer 36

distal

Question 37

what organ is not located in mediastinum

Answer 37

thyroid

Question 38

gallbladder is located within which quadrant of abdomen

Answer 38

RUQ

Question 39

the hepatic flexture of colon is located within which quadrant of abdomen

Answer 39

RUQ

Question 40

the kidneys are oriented deep to the muscles of the abdominal wall (T or F)

Answer 40

true

Question 41

lungs are located within which body cavity

Answer 41

pleural

Question 42

the neck is ___________ to chest

Answer 42

cephalic

Question 43

the right and left arms would be referred to as

Answer 43

contralateral

Question 44

sigmoid colon is located within which quadrant of abdomen

Answer 44

LLQ

Question 45

spine is nearest what surface of body

Answer 45

dorsal

Question 46

spleen is located within which quadrant of abdomen

Answer 46

LUQ

Question 47

thoracic cavity is further subdivided into what other body cavities?

Answer 47

mediastinal and pleural

Question 48

thymus is located within which body cavity

Answer 48

mediastinum

Question 49

the thyroid cartilage is at the level of what

Answer 49

C5

Question 50

the xiphoid process is at the level of

Answer 50

T10

Question 51

what is the largest cavity of body

Answer 51

ventral