Abdominal Quadrants
Stomach
Abdomen has __ quadrants
4
Laying on stomach face down
Prone
Hematemesis
Vomiting blood
Wrist is ___ to the elbow
Distal
RUQ
Frontal aspect of the body
Anterior
Sitting upright with legs straight
Fowlers
Tachypnea
Hip is ____ to the patella
Proximal
Liver
LUQ & RUQ
Bending of a joint
Flexion
Supine
laying on back, face up
Blue skin
Cyanosis
Superficial
Close or on top of to the skin
Appendix
Coronal/Frontal
Divides body front & back
Laying on side
Cardiologist
Specializes in the heart
The line through the center of each clavicle
Mid-clavicular
Spleen
LUQ
Plane that is horizontal into top and bottom
Transverse Plane
What side do we lay pregnant moms?
Left Lateral Recumbent
Aphasia
Can't speak
The knee is __ to the foot and inferior to the pelvis
Superior