Directional Terms
The position is face down
What is prone
Pain in the ________quadrant can be a sign of appendicitis
What is RLQ
The space within the mouth is known as the __________cavity
What is the buccal or oral cavity
The midsagittal plane divides the body into which parts?
What is equal right and left (mirror images)
The _______cavity contains the heart, lungs, and large blood vessels
What is the thoracic cavity
This position is face up
What is supine
A patient complains of pain in the area of the gallbladder. In which quadrant is the pain?
What is RUQ
If a person has difficulty breathing, what cavity would you examine?
What is thoracic
The plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions (superior and inferior) is called
What is transverse or horizontal
A plane is an imaginary line dividing the body into ____________
What is the sections
A patient is standing erect, with face forward, feet parallel, arms hanging to the side, and palms facing forward. In which position is this patient?
What is anatomical
The belly button is located in the _________region
What is umbilical
The brain is located in which cavity?
What is dorsal or posterior
The frontal plane divides the body into ________and _________sections
What is anterior and posterior or ventral and dorsal
what is in the upper leg/thigh
This term means away from the surface or toward the body's interior
What is deep
The _______regions that are located beneath the ribs
What is R and L hypochondriac regions
If you have difficulty breathing, what body cavity is involved?
What is thoracic cavity
The frontal plane is also called ________plane
What is coronal plane
This position faciliities breathing
What is Fowler's
In this position, a patient is lying with the head of the bed lower than the feet
What is Trendelenburg
The liver can be found in which main quadrant (2) and regions (2) (4 total answers)
What is RUQ and LUQ quadrant and Right hypochondriac and epigastric region
brain and spinal cord
The name of the plane that separates right from left (not in the middle)
What is sagittal plane
What is the aorta