Terminology

Question 1

What is a Sagittal plane?

Answer 1

A vertical plane passing from anterior to posterior dividing the body into right and left halves

Question 2

What is a coronal or frontal plane

Answer 2

A vertical plane that divides the body into Ventral and and Dorsal (belly and back) sections

Question 3

What is a transverse plane and what are other ways of saying it

Answer 3

• Also known as horizontal, axial or transaxial plane

* divides the body into superior and inferior parts

Question 4

What is the median sagittal plane

Answer 4

The median saggital plane is the midline of the body that divides it into the left and right (sinister and dexter) portions. The median plane can also be the midsaggital plane

Question 5

What is a para sagittal plane

Answer 5

A sagittal plane which is parallel to the median sagittal plane

Question 6

Distal

Answer 6

Towards extremity and away from the trunk

Question 7

Proximal

Answer 7

Away from extremity and towards the trunk

Question 8

Inferior

Answer 8

Below or under

Question 9

Superior

Answer 9

Above

Question 10

Medial

Answer 10

• towards the median sagittal plane
• internal limb rotation
• inner side of limb

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

• away from the median sagittal plane
• external limb rotation
• outer side of limb

Question 12

Midline

Answer 12

Line splitting into equal halves

Question 13

Anterior

Answer 13

Front or dorsal

Question 14

Posterior

Answer 14

Back or ventral

Question 15

Dorsal

Answer 15

Front

Question 16

Ventral

Answer 16

Back

Question 17

What does patient position mean

Answer 17

The part of the patient in contact with the image receptor

Question 18

What does patient orientation in space mean

Answer 18

Where the patient is eg sitting erect

Question 19

Supine

Answer 19

Lying on back

Question 20

Supinate

Answer 20

External rotation

Question 21

Prone

Answer 21

Lying face down

Question 22

Pronate

Answer 22

Internal rotation

Question 23

What is decubitus

Answer 23

Where the patient is lying down and a horizontal beam is employed for imaging

Question 24

Cranial meaning

Answer 24

Towards the head

Question 25

Caudal meaning

Answer 25

Towards the lower body

Question 26

Internal meaning

Answer 26

Inside the body so onwards (medial) limb rotation

Question 27

External meaning

Answer 27

Outside the body so lateral limb rotation

Question 28

Flexion

Answer 28

Bending of joint

Question 29

Extension

Answer 29

Straitening of a joint

Question 30

Dorsum

Answer 30

The posterior aspect of the hand or upper surface of the foot

Question 31

Palmer

Answer 31

The palm of the hand

Question 32

Plantar

Answer 32

The sole of the foot

Question 33

Adduction

Answer 33

To move a limb towards the midline

Question 34

Abduction

Answer 34

To move a limb away from midline

Question 35

Inversion

Answer 35

Movement of sole of foot internally at ankle joint

Question 36

Eversion

Answer 36

Movement of some of foot laterally at ankle joint

Question 37

Primary ossification center meaning

Answer 37

• The primary ossification center is the mid region of the shaft of a long bone
• ossification begins earliest and usually appears before birth

Question 38

Secondary ossification center meaning

Answer 38

•They usually appear after birth and form the epiphyses (end of the long bond) of the long bones