Body regions
Body Planes
Body cavities
Anatomical terms
Anything goes
100

This is posterior to the shin area

What is sural

100
This is the longitudinal plane that "cuts" the body into EQUAL right and left halves
What is the midsagittal plane
100

Cavity that contains the heart and lungs. 

What is thoracic

100
The shoulders are ____________ to the sternum
What is lateral
100
The term for science and function of organisms
What is physiology
200
This is considered the armpit area
What is axillary
200

Bisects the body into front and back

What is the coronal plane

200

The abdominopelvic region is a combination of these two regions: 

What are the abdominal and the pelvic regions

200

You ask your patient to stand facing you with palms out. This is the _____________ position

What is anatomical

200
The opposite to Anterior
What is posterior
300
The upper arm area
What is brachial
300

A doctor needs to see the cross sectional area of the thigh so they can see up into the leg. They will order an MRI of the __________ plane.

What is transverse plane

300

What are the major organs of the abdominopelvic cavity?

What are the stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, intestines, and bladder. 

300
The femoral region is __________ to the abdominal area
What is inferior
300
The tarsal region is _____________ to the patellar region
What is proximal
400
This is considered to be the lower back (posterior side of body)
What is lumbar
400

The plane that is not parallel to any other plane. 

What is the oblique plane

400

The cavity that contains the brain

What is cranial

400
The pinky is __________ to the thumb
What is medial
400
The heart is _________ to the ribs.
What is deep
500
This is the "wrist" area
What is carpal
500

The plane that cuts the body into left and right sides, but not equal sizes. 

What is the para-saggital plane

500

The cavity of the back of the body

What is dorsal

500
The gluteal region is _____________ to the popliteal area
What is superior
500

A primary doctor finds a large lump in front of the sternum of their patient. How could you use anatomical terms to describe the location of the lump, while being as specific as possible? 

What is anterior to the sternum, anterior to the heart, medial to the arms, medial to the ribs... (many correct answers) 

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