Body Cavities
Contains the spinal cord
What is the spinal cavity?
What position is the body in if you are lying horizontally facing upward?
What is supine?
The nose is _____ to the eyes
What is medial?
This quadrant contains the brain?
What is none?
Divides into front and back
What is the frontal plane?
Contains the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
This position is used in spine surgery as it promotes venous(blood) return and cardiac output?
What is knee chest?
The hips are ______ to the belly button
What is lateral?
This quadrant contains the spleen?
What is the LUQ?
Divides into upper and lower
What is the transverse plane?
Contains the heart and lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
This position is used for feeding, lung expansion, and respiratory distress.
What is semi -fowlers?
The spine is _____ or ______ to the lungs?
What is posterior or dorsal?
This quadrant contains the liver?
What are the RUQ & LUQ?
Divides left and right
What is the sagittal plane?
Includes the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavities
What is the ventral cavity?
What is the position when the body is lying horizontally facing downward?
What is prone?
The knee is ________ to the ankle?
What is superior?
This quadrant contains portions of the small and large intestines?
What is LLQ?
When doing a jumping jack what plane is your body in?
What is the frontal plane?
Includes the cranial and spinal cavities.
What position is used for surgical access to the thorax, kidney, and retroperitoneal space.
What is lateral?
The elbow is _____ to the shoulders, but _____ to the wrist.
What is distal, and proximal?
This quadrant contains the ovary and fallopian tubes?
What is RLQ?
When doing a rotation movement what plane is the body in?
What is the transverse plane?