PHS- Body Planes, Regions, Quadrants and Directional Terms Revie

The transverse plane divides the body into a front section and a back section.

• False

• True

Body parts behind the frontal plane are called posterior.

• True

• False

Cranial is a term for body parts located near the head.

• True

• False

Body parts away from the midsagittal, or median, plane are lateral.

• True

• False

Another word for the term dorsal is anterior.

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• False

The wrist is distal, and the elbow is proximal to the shoulder.

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• False

The dorsal cavities are smaller in size than the ventral cavities.

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• False

Body cavities are spaces within the body that contain vital organs.

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• False

The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the ventral cavity into two distinct cavities.

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• False

The dorsal cavity is one long, continuous cavity.

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• False