Homeostasis, Directional Terms, Body Planes/Cavities

When your patient is laying face up:

• supine

• prone

When your patient is laying face down:

• prone

• supine

Which of the following divides the body into upper (superior) & lower (inferior) portions?

• transverse (horizontal) plane

• median (midsagittal) plane

• frontal (coronal) plane

Which of the following divides the body into equal right and left halves?

• median (midsagittal) plane

• frontal (coronal) plane

• transverse (horizontal) plane

Which of the following body planes divides the body into front (anterior) & back (posterior) portions?

• frontal (coronal) plane

• transverse (horizontal) plane

• median (midsagittal) plane

The little toe is ____ to the big toe.

• lateral

• medial

• proximal

• distal

When you lay in a prone position, you are laying on your ____ surface.

• anterior

• posterior

• dorsal

• superior

The ankle is ____ to the knees.

• inferior

• superior

• anterior

• medial

The fingers are located ____ to the wrist bones (carpals).

• distal

• proximal

• anterior

• posterior

The heart and lungs are located ____ to the abdominal organs.

• superior

• inferior

• anterior

• posterior