Anatomical Direction #1
Standing erect, arms to the side, palms forward
What is Anatomical Position
Your shoulders are _____ to your knees.
What is superior?
This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections.
What is the frontal or coronal plane?
Face, chest and knees are part of this plane.
What is Frontal?
Above, upper
What is Superior
Your elbows are __________ to your wrist.
What is proximal?
This plane divides your body into right and left sections.
What is sagittal?
This plane compares body parts on left side vs right side.
What is Sagittal.
The imaginary line drawn the center of your body, which is used as a reference point.
What is midline?
Distal.
Limbs or extremities that are downward.
The transverse plane divides our body into these two sections.
What are superior and inferior, or top and bottom halves?
This plane distinguishes upper vs lower body parts.
What is Transverse?
Toward the back, another name for posterior
What is dorsal?
Medial.
What is toward the midline.
This is the plane that is horizontal.
What is transverse?
The appendix is on the lower right side of the body, what plane most represents this body part?
What is Sagittal?
Your thumb is _____ to your pinky finger.
What is lateral?
Towards the front, another name for anterior
What is ventral?
Midline.
What is the imaginary line down the center of your body, dividing it into right and left halves.
This direction has to do with the skull, cranium, or head.
What is cranial?
Another name for horizontal plane is?
What is Transverse.