Body Planes and Positions

• Posterior(dorsal)

• Anterior(ventral)

• Lateral

• Superior

Your feet are ____ to your hips

• Inferior

• Superior

Divides the body into front and back portions.

• Sagittal

• Frontal

• Transverse

Which anatomical plane is the ONLY horizontal plane?

• sagittal

• transverse

• frontal

Which of the following best describes anatomical position?

• Erect position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing forward

• erect position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing backwards

• laying position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing forward

• laying position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing backwards

When you are doing a jumping jack, you are moving along your __________ plane

• Transverse

• Frontal

• Sagittal

Another name for your FRONTAL plane is

• sagittal

• coronal

• transverse

• median

If a sagittal plane divides the body into equal right and left sections, it is called the ______ plane. (hint: 2 are correct!)

• median

• mid transverse

• mid-sagittal

• mid-coronal

Which anatomical plane is the ONLY horizontal plane?

• sagittal

• transverse

• frontal

The midsagittal plane separates the body into...

• top and bottom

• left and right

• front and back