Directional terms
Body Planes
Regional terms
Body Cavities
Surgery
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This is term used to describe the front of the body.
What is anterior?
100
This is the plane which divides the body into top and bottom sections.
What a the transverse plane?
100
This is the region of the armpit.
What is the axillary region?
100
This body cavity is well protected by bones.
What is the dorsal cavity?
100
A surgeon needs to operate and see the entire top of the brain. This is the plane in which the doctor will cut.
What is the transverse plane?
200
In the limbs, this term describes the part closest to the attachment to the trunk.
What is proximal?
200
This is the plane which divides the body into left and right sections.
What is a sagittal plane?
200
This is the area of the neck.
What is the cervical region?
200
This cavity contains the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
200
A doctor create an incision along the breastbone in order to perform open heart surgery. The incision is in this plane.
What is the sagittal plane?
300
The head is the most ____________ part of the body.
What is superior?
300
This is the plane seperates the body into anterior and posterior sections.
What is a frontal plane?
300
This is a term that describes the hips.
What is the coxal region?
300
This ventral cavity contains the digestive organs.
What is the abdominal cavity?
300
Before completing any surgery, the doctor must ensure the patient is in ____________ position.
What is anatomical?
400
The scapula are ____________ to the vertebral column.
What is lateral?
400
Nodding the head (as in "yes") occurs in this plane.
What is a sagittal plane?
400
Shin splints may cause pain to this region.
What is the crural region?
400
This cavity contains the lungs.
What is the thoracic cavity?
400
A doctor informs you that you have a broke bone in your antebrachial region. Where should you expect to get a cast?
What is the forearm?
500
The thoracic cavity is found ____________ to the pelvic cavity.
What is inferior?
500
A CAT scan looks at the body in sections along this plane.
What is transverse?
500
A distal quad strain may cause pain near this region?
What is the patellar region?
500
In this cavity you will find a small section of the large intestine
What is the pelvic cavity?
500
You need to have your gallbladder removed. The surgeon will make an incision in the ________ region in order to access the ___________ cavity.
What is abdominal?