Pose & Perspective
Directional Directions
Make the Cut
Body Cavities
Extra
100
In standard anatomical position, this is the direction the patient's palms must face.
What is forward (or anteriorly)?
100
The directional term meaning toward the front surface of the body.
What is anterior?
100
This horizontal cutting plane divides the body into top (superior) and bottom (inferior) sections.
What is the transverse (or cross-section) plane?
100
The major posterior cavity completely encased in bone to cushion the central nervous system.
What is the dorsal cavity?
100
A doctor treating a stomach ulcer is focusing on an organ inside this specific ventral sub-cavity.
What is the abdominal cavity?
200
A patient lying flat on their back, staring directly upward at the ceiling during an exam, is in this position.
What is supine?
200
The directional term describing a location closer to the body's vertical midline.
What is medial?
200
A slice that travels vertically down the side of the body, separating the front of the chest from the back of the spine.
What is the frontal (or coronal) plane?
200
The specific sub-cavity formed by the skull that houses and cushions the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
200
A patient with a spinal cord injury following a severe fall has damage inside this bony sub-cavity.
What is the spinal cavity?
300
A patient lying face-down on their stomach for a physical therapy stretch is in this position.
What is prone?
300
On an arm or leg, this term describes a structure closer to where the limb attaches to the torso.
What is proximal?
300
This specific vertical cut runs straight down the midline, dividing the body into equal left and right halves.
What is the midsagittal plane?
300
The upper chest space located superior to the diaphragm that contains the heart and lungs.
What is the thoracic cavity?
300
Compared to deep internal visceral organs, this relative depth term describes the location of the ribs.
What is superficial?
400
This universal baseline stance is always used to map body directions, even if a patient is sitting or lying down.
What is standard anatomical position?
400
The term used for structures located near or at the outer surface of the body.
What is superficial?
400
Name the anatomical plane used to generate this image view.
What is the transverse plane?
400
The lower ventral sub-cavity enclosed by the bony pelvis that shelters the urinary bladder and reproductive organs.
What is the pelvic cavity?
400
The term describing the location of the ankle relative to the knee joint on the lower limb.
What is distal?
500
When looking directly at a patient, their right side appears on your left side due to this concept.
What is the mirror effect?
500
In standard anatomical position, this directional term describes the location of the thumb relative to the pinky finger.
What is lateral?
500
The anatomical plane used to generate this body scan view.
What is the sagittal plane?
500
The dome-shaped muscular wall that physically separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
500
The primary body plane running parallel to a horizontal wound across a patient's waist line.
What is the transverse plane?