Positioning Vocabulary
Direction of the Body
Planes of the Body
Table Positions
Abbreviations
100
Movement of an arm or leg AWAY from the center of the body.
What is Abduct (Abduction)
100
Front or forward portion of the body or body part. (also known as Ventral)
What is Anterior
100
Sagital Plane
What is dividing the body left and right.
100
Lying Face-up
What is Supine
100
RAO
What is Right Anterior Oblique
200
To turn arm so the palm of the hand is DOWN.
What is pronate (pronation)
200
Backward or back surface of the body or body part. (Also known as Dorsal)
What is Posterior
200
Coronal Plane
What is seperating the anterior and posterior surfaces of the body.
200
Lying Face-down
What is Prone
200
LPO
What is Left Posterior Oblique
300
Straigthening of a hinge joint, increasing the angle betwseen bones of that joint; backward bending of the spine.
What is Extend (Extension)
300
Above; toward the head or top of a body part.
What is SUPERIOR
300
Transverse Plane
What is dentrally dividing superior and inferior (or head and feet); through the belly button.
300
Lying down on a table in any position.
What is Recumbent.
300
RPO
What is Right Posterior Oblique
400
Movement of an arm or leg TOWARD the center of the body.
What is Adduct (Adduction)
400
The anterior surface of the hand.
What is PALMER.
400
Mid-Sagital Plane
What is EQUALLY dividing the body from left and right.
400
Recumbent Lateral
What is Decubitus
400
LAO
What is Left Anterior Oblique
500
To turn INWARD, typically used when describing the ankle motion.
What is INVERT (INVERSION)
500
Pertaining to the abdomenal organs as a group.
What is VISCERAL.
500
Mid-Coronal Plane
What is EQUALLY dividing the body in anterior and superior surfaces.
500
Using gravity for weight bearing positioning.
What is UPRIGHT.
500
Axial Angle
What is TUBE Angle
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