Abdominal Quadrants
Planes/Movement Terms
Anatomic posture
Medical Terminology
Anatomical directions
200

Stomach

LUQ
200

Abdomen has __ quadrants

4

200

Laying on stomach face down

Prone

200

Hematemesis

Vomiting blood

200

Wrist is ___ to the elbow

Distal

400
Gallbladder

RUQ

400

Frontal aspect of the body

Anterior

400

Sitting upright with legs straight

Fowlers

400

Tachypnea

Fast breathing
400

Hip is ____ to the patella

Proximal

600

Liver

LUQ & RUQ

600

Bending of a joint

Flexion

600

Supine

laying on back, face up

600

Blue skin

Cyanosis

600

Superficial

Close or on top of to the skin

800

Appendix

RLQ
800

Coronal/Frontal

Divides body front & back

800
Recovery

Laying on side

800

Cardiologist

Specializes in the heart

800

The line through the center of each clavicle

Mid-clavicular

1000

Spleen

LUQ

1000

Plane that is horizontal into top and bottom

Transverse Plane

1000

What side do we lay pregnant moms?

Left Lateral Recumbent

1000

Aphasia

Can't speak

1000

The knee is __ to the foot and inferior to the pelvis

Superior