Anatomical Planes
These two anatomical directions are cut into halves using the mid-sagittal plane.
What are left and right?
Superior
What is above the waist?
Cranial
What is the skull/cranium?
Frontal
What is the forehead?
Flexion and extension both occur at the elbow joint and the knee joint, of the the two actions that occur at these joints, which is of more importance?
What is extension?
This plane cuts the body into superior and inferior segments.
What is the transverse plane?
Posterior
What is behind midline?
Ocular
What are the eyes?
Scapular
What are the scapula?
What are the shoulder blades?
Which joint action occurs at the shoulder joint and the hip joint which does not occur anywhere in the human body except between C1 and C2 joint in the cervical region?
What is ROTATION?
This is the scientific name for the plane which cuts the human body from anterior to posterior.
What is the frontal/Coronal plane?
Superficial
What is closer to the surface of the skin?
Olecranon
What is the tip of the elbow?
Femoral
What is the thigh?
These two actions occur at the wrist joints only.
What are ulnar and radial deviation?
Using scientific words, how does the transverse plane cut the human body into segments.
What are superior and inferior segments?
Lateral
What is away from midline?
Sacral
What is your tailbone?
Popliteal
What is the back of the knee?
Which two action occur only in the ankle joints?
What are plantar and dorsiflexion?
Using scientific terms, the frontal plane cuts the human body into which segments.
What are anterior and posterior?
Proximal
What is closer to the heart?
Acromion
What is the tip of the shoulder?
Coxal
What are the hips?
This is the most important movement in the human body of all movements.
What is ROTATION?
External Rotation