Body Planes
A standardized posture to standardize the landmarks of the human body and improve communication between researchers.
What is anatomical position?
Opposing term to lateral.
What is medial?
Anatomical reference term also used to describe someone who can't beyond the surface.
What is superficial?
This suffix means the study of something
What is -ology?
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What is the sagittal plane?
(Median plane is also acceptable)
Terms used in relationship to the transverse plane of the body.
What are superior/inferior?
Best term for explaining your palms relationship to your elbow despite the position of your arm.
What is distal?
This prefix means within or inside.
What is endo-?
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What is a neurosurgeon?
Dividing the body into a top and bottom, one of this anatomical plane's names is used often when referring to scientific samples.
What is the transverse plane?
Cross is also an acceptable answer (such as in cross section)
Anatomical orientation term that would be the most appropriate to describe the brain's location in reference to the cranium.
What is deep?
Term referencing points if interest existing on the same side of the sagittal plane.
What is ipsilateral?
The root refers to thing real ting to the heart.
What is cardio?
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What is the sixth round?
Front and back, this plane divides the body into what is seen coming and what is seen going.
What is the coronal plane?
Frontal plane is also acceptable.
The relationship of your right shoulder to your heart is most accurately described by this anatomical orientation term.
What is contralateral?
Anatomical orientation term that would be the most appropriate to describe your thumbs relationship to your palm?
What is lateral?
This medical term refers to the study of the liver.
What is hematology?
This mammal is the largest animal to have ever lived and has the longest nerve cells that we know of sometimes measuring up to a few dozen feet.
What is the blue whale?
Used often in radiology, this plane/view allows for multiple planes to be assessed simultaneously.
What is an oblique plane?
The two sets of anatomical orientation terms that 'flip' when changing from bipedal to quadrupedal anatomy.
What are dorsal/ventral & superior/inferior?
Remember: Anterior/posterior are the 'same' as dorsal/ventral; but they are usually used to distinguish vertically aligned [A/P] and horizontally aligned [D/V] organisms.
In reference to each of the three planes of the human body; describes the orientation of your right eye to your anatomical center.
What is anterior, superior, and lateral?
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What is perinephritis?
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