Planes of the body
the vertical plane that divides the body or an organ into front and back portions
What is the Frontal plane?
Blood is removed from the oy and passes through a kidney machine to separate out waste materials
What is dialysis?
pertaining to two sides
what is bilateral?
Referring to the skull
What is Cranial?
a large incision in the abdominal wall to inspect organs for disease
the imaginary plane that divides an organ or the body into an upper and lower portion
What is the transverse plane?
This procedure is directed by a radiation oncologist, a medical doctor specializing in treating cancer using radiation to kills tumor cells
What is radiotherapy?
refers to the side of something
What is lateral?
the space above the abdomen that contains the heart and lungs in the chest
What is the Thoracic Cavity?
incision of the stomach
What is a gastrotomy?
the imaginary plane that divides an organ or the body into right and left portions
what is the sagittal plane?
the treatment with drugs most often used to treat cancer
What is chemotherapy?
affecting only one side
What is unilateral?
the space below the chest that contains the stomach, liver, intestines and gall bladder
What is the abdominal cavity?
incision of a vein
What is plebotomy?
the plane that divides a structure equally into right and left halves
what is the midsagittal plane?
the treatment using cold temperatures
What is cryotherapy?
Refers to the back or posterior portion of the body
What is dorsal?
the space contained within the hip bones and the lower part of the backbone
What is the pelvic cavity?
Incision of the skull
What is a craniotomy?
these terms are referred to the far and near position and direction
what are the distal and proximal positions?
The surgical repair of a joint
What is arthroplasty?
facing down
What is prone?
the space between the peritoneal membranes
What is the peritoneal cavity?
opening of the colon outside of the body
What is a colostomy