Directional Terms
This term means 'toward the head or upper part of a structure.'
What is superior (Cranial)?
Getting hit in this region will make you black out
What is the cephalic (Occipital) region?
An MRI is taken to visualize the body split into right and left halves. Which plane was used?
What is the Sagittal plane?
A patient with a traumatic brain injury has bleeding in the space surrounding the brain. This occurs within which cavity?
What is the cranial cavity?
The term for 'closer to the midline of the body.'
What is medial?
Also known as the Nasal & Digital regions
What is the nose area and the fingers / toes
Extracting cerebral spinal fluid occurs in this region
What is the vertebral (spinal or lumbar) region?
A CT scan divides the body into anterior and posterior portions. Which plane was used?
What is the Frontal (coronal) plane?
A ruptured ectopic pregnancy with internal bleeding occurs in which body cavity?
What is the pelvic body cavity?
A patient has pain in the knee. The physician explains that the hip joint is proximal to the knee joint. What does 'proximal' mean in this context?
Closer to the trunk/point of attachment.
During a blood draw, a nurse inserts a needle into the median cubital vein located in the front elbow. What is this region?
What is the antecubital region?
This is the area between the hips
What is the sacral region?
A 69-year-old patient is brought into the emergency room for a possible myocardial infarction. The surgeon must cut in what plane to access the heart?
What is the Midsagittal (median) section?
A chest X-ray report notes that a mass is located superior to the diaphragm. In which cavity is it most likely located?
What is the thoracic cavity?
A stab wound is described as being medial to the left mammary region. Which organ is most likely at risk?
What is the heart?
A patient has swelling in the axillary region. What part of the body is this?
What is the armpit?
Severing of the spinal cord in this region results in total paralysis
What is the cervical region?
A surgeon requests imaging that divides the abdomen into superior and inferior sections. Which plane would be ordered?
What is the Transverse plane?
A surgeon documents that a foreign object is located deep to the rectus abdominis. Which cavity would you expect it to be in?
What is the abdominal cavity?
A patient with a perineal tear during childbirth may injure muscles that form the pelvic floor. This region is ____ to epigastric region.
What is inferior?
Trauma to the masseter region may impair muscles important for chewing. This is known as the _________ region.
What is the buccal region?
During an MMA fight, a fighter gets kicked in the back of the knee. What is this region called?
What is the popliteal region?
To evaluate the pituitary gland precisely, an MRI is performed in a plane that runs exactly through the midline. What is this plane called?
What is the midsagittal plane?
A gunshot wound to the chest penetrates the pleural cavity (within the thoracic cavity). Which complication is most likely to result?
What is a pneumothorax (collapsed lung)?