anatomical position
Which way are the palms facing in the anatomical position?
Forward at the hips
What means towards the top?
Superior
What is in the Abdominal region?
Abdomen
What does the sagittal plane look like?
Middle cutting body (left, right)
What is the abbreviation for Anteroposterior?
AP
Are you standing up or sitting down in the anatomical position?
Standing
What means below another structure?
Inferior
What is in the cephalic region?
Head
What does the Frontal plane look like?
Cutting the body from ventral, dorsal (front, back)
what is the abbreviation for ear, nose, throat?
ENT
Are fingers balled up in a fist or extended?
Extended
What means towards the middle of?
medial
What is in the cervical region?
Neck
What does the transverse plane look like?
It splits the superior and inferior (top, bottom) of the body.
What is the abbreviation for lateral?
lat
Are legs apart or are they together in the anatomical position?
Legs are together
refers to the side or further away from the midline
lateral
What is in the pelvic region?
Pelvis
what is the abbreviation for musculoskeletal?
MS
Which way are the toes pointed in the anatomical position?
Forward
What means towards the back?
Dorsal
What is in the thoracic region?
chest
what is the abbreviation for posteroanterior?
PA