Visualisation Procedures

Question 1

what are the abdomino-pelvic quadrants?

Answer 1

right upper quadrant
left upper quadrant
right lower quadrant
left lower quadrant

Question 2

what are 3 right abdomino-pelvic regions?

Answer 2

righ hypochondriac
right lumbar
right inguinal

Question 3

what are the 3 central abdomino-pelvic regions?

Answer 3

epigastric
umbilical
hypogastric

Question 4

what are the 3 left abdomino-pelvic regioms

Answer 4

left hypochondriac
left lumbar
left inguinal

Question 5

ventral or anterior?

Answer 5

towards the front

Question 6

dorsal or posterior?

Answer 6

towards the back

Question 7

cranial and caudal?

Answer 7

cranial towards the head

caudal towards the feet

Question 8

medial and lateral?

Answer 8

medial towards the centre

lateral away from the centre

Question 9

proximal and distal?

Answer 9

proximal closer to torso
distal further from the torso
example: tibia is distal and femur is more proximal.

Question 10

3 planes?

Answer 10

frontal = separating front and back 
transverse= birds eye view
sagittal= split down the middle

Question 11

name the dorsal cavities?

Answer 11

cranial cavity

spinal cavity

Question 12

name ventral cavities?

Answer 12

thoracic cavity
abdominal cavity
pelvic cavity

Question 13

what is a biopsy?

Answer 13

withdrawal of tissue

Question 14

what is aspiration?

Answer 14

withdrawal of fluids