Anatomical Positions
Anatomical Directions
Anatomical Planes/Sections
Anatomical Cavities
Body Regions
Body Regions pt.2
100
In standard anatomical position, the body is standing upright and facing this direction.
What is forward?
100
Towards the head.
What is Superior?
100
Lengthwise plane running from one side to the other.
What is the Frontal plane?
100
The two major body cavities.
What is Ventral and Dorsal cavities?
100
The wrist is an example of this body region.
What is Carpal Region?
100
A patient with an injury to the upper arm has an injury to this region.
What is the brachial region?
200
In anatomical position, the palms of the hands face this direction.
What is forward/anteriorly?
200
Towards the Body's midline.
What is medial?
200
Lengthwise cut from back to front.
What is the Sagittal section?
200
In what cavity could you find the bladder?
The pelvic cavity
200
The buttock is an example of this body region.
What is the Gluteal Region?
200
A runner strains a muscle in the thigh, superior to the knee. Which regional term should appear in the medical report?
What is the femoral region?
300
In anatomical position, the body is always in a _____ position.
What is standing
300
Your belly button is ____________ to your spine
Anterior
300
Divides body into upper and lower portions.
What is the Transverse plane?
300
The cranial and spinal cavities are part of this major cavity.
What is the Dorsal cavity?
300
What region of the body is the Foot
What is The Pedal Region?
300
A patient has an injury inferior to the patellar region but superior to the ankle. Which region is most likely injured?
What is the crural region?
400
A patient's injury begins at the elbow and travels proximally. In which direction is the injury spreading?
What is toward the shoulder/body?
400
The knees are ______ from the hips but ______ from the toes.
What is distal and proximal?
400
A doctor wants a side view of the brain that allows comparison of structures toward the forehead with structures toward the back of the head. Which imaging plane would BEST provide this view?
What is the sagittal plane?
400
A patient's injury is inferior to the diaphragm but superior to the pelvic cavity. The injury is most likely within this cavity.
What is abdominal cavity?
400
This anatomical region refers to the neck.
What is Cervical?
400
An athlete's injury begins in the femoral region and travels distally until it reaches the patellar region. Describe the injury using everyday body locations.
It travels from the thigh toward the front of the knee.
500
A physician says a mass is inferior to the heart, superior to the urinary bladder, and anterior to the vertebral column. In general, where should the physician look?
What is the abdominal region?
500
What word means towards the surface
Superficial
500
A physician wants to examine both lungs in the same image while comparing structures toward the patient's front with structures toward the back. Which imaging plane would be most useful?
What is the frontal/coronal plane?
500
Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities are part of this major body cavity.
What is the Ventral cavity?
500
Area on the forehead
Frontal
500
A physician documents an injury that begins in the patellar region and extends distally into the crural region. Where did the injury begin, and where did it spread?
It began at the knee and spread into the lower leg.