ANATOMICAL PLANES & DIRECTIONAL TERMS - PT 1

NAME WHICH BODY PART(S) IS DORSAL?

• NOSE

• TOES

• KNUCKLES

• PALM

WHICH DIAGNOSTIC TOOL PROVIDES 3-D IMAGING?

• MRI

• X-RAY

• CT SCAN

• PET SCAN

What is the anatomical term that splits the human body into the front plane and back?

• transverse

• saggital

• coronal

When standing upright, your knee is _____ to your head.

• inferior

• superior

• anterior

• dorsal

What anatomical plane divides the body or any of its parts into right and left sides?

• lateral

• coronal

• transverse

• sagittal

Answer explanation

Sagittal Plane is also called the Lateral Plane - they both separate the body systems left and right.

What body part is located inferiorly?

• base of skull

• pelvic floor

• deltoid

• abdomen

Answer explanation

The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments that support the bladder, uterus (womb) and bowel.

Inferior - "towards the feet"

In general, the word inferior means lower in rank, quality, or value... think LOW

LOW TO THE GROUND

WHICH STRUCTURE(S) ARE VENTRAL?

• CRANIAL CAVITY

• SPINE

• CHEST

• THORACIC CAVITY

Answer explanation

REMEMBER THE ANATOMICAL POSITION, LOOK AT IT FROM A SAGGITAL POINT OF VIEW. Do you see how the brain and cranial cavity are towards the back? Dorsal means to be toward, on, in, or near the back or upper surface of an organ, part, or organism.

toward the side with respect to the imaginary midline

• distal

• lateral

• superior

• anterior

What term means "study of disease"?

• abdominal

• pathology

• cardiac

• ventral

Which of the following is NOT an anatomical plane?

• vertical

• transverse

• lateral

• coronal