Medical Terminology - Chapter 2 Knowledge Check

Body plane that separates the body into equal right and left sides

• midsaggital
• coronal
• transverse
• saggital

Body plane that separates the body into anterior and posterior portions

• midsaggital
• coronal
• transverse
• saggital

Body plane that separates the body into superior and inferior portions

• midsaggital
• coronal
• transverse
• saggital

Body plane that separates the body into unequal right and left sides

• midsaggital
• coronal
• transverse
• saggital

Your tailbone is located within the ________ portion of the coronal plane

• superior
• inferior
• anterior
• posterior

Your heart is locaed in the superior portion of the ________________ plane

• midsaggital
• coronal
• transverse
• saggital

The knee cap is located within the _____________ portion of the coronal plane

• superior
• inferior
• anterior
• posterior

Your legs are located within the Caudal portion of the ________________ plane

• midsaggital
• coronal
• transverse
• saggital

The point at which all planes intersect is situated near the __________

• chest
• abdomen
• pelvis
• umbilicus

What cavity is #1?

• dorsal

• ventral

• cranial

• spinal