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ANATOMICAL PLANES & DIRECTIONAL TERMS - PT 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

NAME WHICH BODY PART(S) IS DORSAL?

a)

NOSE

b)

TOES

c)

KNUCKLES

d)

PALM

2.

WHICH DIAGNOSTIC TOOL PROVIDES 3-D IMAGING?

a)

MRI

b)

X-RAY

c)

CT SCAN

d)

PET SCAN

3.

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

a)

transverse

b)

saggital

c)

coronal

4.

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

a)

inferior

b)

superior

c)

anterior

d)

dorsal

5.

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

a)

lateral

b)

coronal

c)

transverse

d)

sagittal

6.

What body part is located inferiorly?

a)

base of skull

b)

pelvic floor

c)

deltoid

d)

abdomen

7.

WHICH STRUCTURE(S) ARE VENTRAL?

a)

CRANIAL CAVITY

b)

SPINE

c)

CHEST

d)

THORACIC CAVITY

8.

toward the side with respect to the imaginary midline

a)

distal

b)

lateral

c)

superior

d)

anterior

9.

What term means "study of disease"?

a)

abdominal

b)

pathology

c)

cardiac

d)

ventral

10.

Which of the following is NOT an anatomical plane?

a)

vertical

b)

transverse

c)

lateral

d)

coronal

11.

Which of the following planes is a horizontal line through the body?

a)

saggital

b)

transverse

c)

horizontal

d)

coronal

12.

Write True or False: The shoulder is lateral to the neck

(a)