Unit 3 Body Directions & Planes

Question 1

ventral

Answer 1

front (or belly side) of the body or organ

Question 2

dorsal

Answer 2

back of the body or organ

Question 3

anterior

Answer 3

front

Question 4

posterior

Answer 4

back

Question 5

superior

Answer 5

above

Question 6

inferior

Answer 6

below

Question 7

cephalic

Answer 7

toward the head

Question 8

caudal

Answer 8

toward the lower part of the body

Question 9

proximal

Answer 9

nearest to the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 10

distal

Answer 10

farthest from the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 11

medial

Answer 11

toward or near the midline

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

away from the midline

Question 13

dorsal cavity

Answer 13

contains the cranial cavity and spinal cavity

Question 14

ventral cavity

Answer 14

contains the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavity

Question 15

cranial cavity

Answer 15

contains the skull

Question 16

spinal cavity

Answer 16

contains the spine

Question 17

thoracic cavity

Answer 17

chest cavity

Question 18

abdominal cavity

Answer 18

abdomen

Question 19

pelvic cavity

Answer 19

formed by the pelvic bones

Question 20

quadrants of the abdomen

Answer 20

right upper, right lower, left upper, left lower

Question 21

regions of the abdomen

Answer 21

right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypogastric, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac regions

Question 22

transverse plane

Answer 22

horizontal plane, cuts the body into top and bottom halves

Question 23

midsagittal plane

Answer 23

cuts body into equal left and right sides

Question 24

sagittal

Answer 24

cuts body into UNequal left and right sides

Question 25

coronal/frontal plane

Answer 25

cuts body into front and back sides

Question 26

anatomy

Answer 26

study of the structures of the body

Question 27

physiology

Answer 27

study of the functions of the structures of the body

Question 28

anatomical position

Answer 28

standing up, facing forward, arms at sides and palms forward