Anatomical Positions
Anatomical Directions
Anatomical Planes/Sections
Anatomical Cavities
Body Regions
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The body is lying face up, towards the sky?

What is the supine position?

100
Towards the head.
What is Superior?
100
Lengthwise plane running from one side to the other.
What is the Frontal plane?
100
The two major body cavities.
What is Ventral and Dorsal cavities?
100
The wrist is an example of this body region.
What is Carpal Region?
200
The body is lying face downward.
What is the prone position?
200

Towards the Body's midline.

What is medial?

200
Lengthwise cut from back to front.
What is the Sagittal section?
200

In what cavity could you find the bladder in?

The abdominal cavity

200
The buttock is an example of this body region.
What is the Gluteal Region?
300

In anatomical position, the body is always in an _____ position.

What is erect/standing

300

Your belly button is ____________ to your spine

Anterior

300
Divides body into upper and lower portions.
What is the Transverse plane?
300
The cranial and spinal cavity are part of this major cavity.
What is the Dorsal cavity?
300

What region of the body Example is the Foot

What is The Pedal Region?

400

Smooth, skeletal, and cardiac are all organs in what system?

The Muscular System

400
The knees are ______ from the hips but ______ from the toes.
What is distal and proximal?
400
Another name for the frontal plane.
What is Coronal plane?
400

This is the region that is known as the armpit

Axillary Region

400
Which system protects the major organs of the body?

Skeletal System

500

The region that is also known as the front of the elbow

Antecubital

500

What word means towards the surface

Superficial

500
Divides body into two equal halves.
What is the Midsagittal plane?
500
Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities are part of this major body cavity.
What is the Ventral cavity?
500

Area on the forehead

Frontal

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