abdominal quadrants
Body directional terms
Levels of organization of the human body
Anatomic terminology
Body planes
100

The liver is located in which quadrant 

Right upper quadrant 

100

Toward the front of the body:

anterior/ventral  

100

The first stage is 

cells

100

What does superior mean 

Upper or above something 

100

What does a plane mean 

Imaginary lines that separate the body into sections 

200

The stomach is located in which quadrant 

Left upper quadrant 

200

Horizontal cuts that divide the body in top and bottom:

transverse   

200

The second stage is 

tissues  

200

Medial means 

towards the middle 

200

Median or midsagittal planes  

Divides the body into left and right parts 

300

How many quadrants are there 

4

300

Divides the body into right and left sides 

Sagittal

300

The fourth stage is 

Organ systems 

300

What is toward the side of the body? 

Lateral 

300

What plane divides the body into posterior and anterior portions? 

Frontal/ coronal plane 

400

true or false: there is a Right Middle Quadrant 

False

400

Towards the back of the body 

Posterior 

400

The fifth stage is 

organisms 

400

Away from the point of attachment from the body 

Distal 

400

Transverse plane divides the body into what

Upper and lower parts 

500

The spleen is located in which quadrant 

Left upper quadrant 

500

Toward the point of attachment to the body. 

Proximal 

500

list the stages in order 

Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms 

500

Inside the body 

Deep (internal)

500

What is a section 

Cut made through the body in the direction of a certain plane

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