Directional Terms
Body Planes
Body Cavities
Abbreviations
Medical Terms
100

The nose is ____________ to the eyes.

What is medial

100

This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior halves

What is Frontal

100

The spinal cord is located in the ________ cavity.

What is the Spinal cavity

100

AROM

What is active range of motion

100

Universal starting point

What is anatomical position

200

These directional terms come from the transverse line

What are inferior and superior?
200

If a surgeon cuts the heart from left to right, which plane did they cut the heart in?

What is transverse plane

200

The uterus is located in the _________ cavity.

pelvic cavity

200
a (with a line over it)

What is before?

200

Underside of the foot

What is plantar?

300

This term means, pertaining to the top or back

What is Dorsal
300
When bending/flexing the knee, what plane is this action in? 

What is  Sagittal?

300

The liver is located in the ___________ cavity.

abdominal cavity

300

ADL

What is activity of daily living?

300

Lying face down

What is prone?

400

The thumb is ___________ to the pinky finger.

What is lateral

400

What plane does the movement of shaking your head "no" occur in? 

Transverse

400

The brain is located in this cavity.

Cranial Cavity

400

BID

What is twice a day

400

Situated near the surface

What is superficial?

500

The elbow is _________ to the fingers.

What is proximal

500

This plan divides the body into equal left and right halves

What is Midsagittal? 

500
The heart is located in the ________ cavity.

Thoracic

500

BAPS

What is Biomechanical Ankle Platform System

500

Closer to the trunk

What is proximal?