Anatomical Position
In anatomical position, is the person standing or sitting
What is standing?
The nose is _____to the ears
What is medial?
The plane that divides the body into left and right portions
What is the Median plane
Body cavity that contains the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
True or False the eyes are medial to the nose
What is false?
In anatomical position, which direction do the palms or hands face
What is forward/ventral/anterior
The lungs are ____to the heart
What is lateral?
Which plane divides the body into anterior/ventral and posterior/dorsal portions
What is the frontal plane?
Body cavity that contains the spinal cord
What is the spinal cavity?
The sternum is ____to the heart, while the heart is ____to the sternum
What is Anterior/ventral, posterior/dorsal
The arms are located where in anatomical position
What is at the sides of the body?
The elbow is ____to the wrist.
What is proximal?
The plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions
What is the transverse plane?
Cavity that contains the heart and lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
Lying face down
What is the prone position?
A person is standing straight with their arms at their sides and palms forward, head is turned to the right.
What is the incorrect anatomical position?
Head needs to be facing forward
The head is _____to the knee
What is superior?
This plane passes vertically from the top of the body toward the feet and separates anterior from posterior portions
What is the frontal plane?
The muscular structure that separates the thoracic cavity from the pelvic cavity
What is the diaphragm?
Lying face up
What is the supine position?
The starting reference position/point when describing locations on the human body
What is the Anatomical position?
The chest is _____ to the spine
What is ventral/anterior
This cut through the waist separates the chest from the legs
What is the transverse plane?
Stomach, small and large intestines are found in which cavity
What is the Abdominal cavity?
A patient injures a structure that is distal to the knee but proximal to the ankle. What was injured
What is the lower leg