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Anatomic Locations and Body Planes - Chapter 2 Med Terms

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which plane divides the body into top and bottom?

a)

Sagittal plane

b)

Transverse plane

c)

Frontal plane

d)

Coronal plane

2.

What is the term for a body part that is close to the midline?

a)

Medial

b)

Lateral

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

3.

What is the term for a body part that is far from the point of origin?

a)

Proximal

b)

Distal

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

4.

What is the term for a body part that is on the dorsal side of the arm?

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

5.

What side of the body is being shown

a)

Posterior

b)

Anterior

c)

Inferior

d)

Superior

6.

What side of the body is being shown?

a)

Posterior

b)

Medial

c)

Proximal

d)

Anterior

7.

What direction is the arrow pointing?

a)

Inferior

b)

Proximal

c)

Superior

d)

Superficial

8.

What direction is the arrow pointing?

a)

Inferior

b)

Proximal

c)

Superior

d)

Superficial

9.

What direction are the arrows pointing?

a)

Deep

b)

Medial

c)

Lateral

d)

Distal

10.

What direction are the arrows pointing?

a)

Prone

b)

Lateral

c)

Distal

d)

Proximal

11.
Away from the origin or trunk
a)
Deep
b)
Distal
c)
Proximal
d)
Posterior
12.

Your feet are ________ to your knees.

a)

caudal

b)

cephalic

c)

inferior

d)

superior

13.

The head is _____ to the shoulders.

a)

proximal

b)

caudal

c)

superior

d)

inferior

14.

_______ means towards the side of the body.

a)

distal

b)

proximal

c)

medial

d)

lateral

15.

The heart is ____________ to the hips

a)

posterior

b)

anterior

c)

superior

d)

inferior

16.
Which of the following best describes anatomical position?
a)
Erect position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing forward
b)
erect position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing backwards
c)
laying position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing forward
d)
laying position of the body with the face directed forward, the arms at the side, and the palms of the hands facing backwards
17.

Which anatomical plane is the ONLY horizontal plane?

a)

sagittal

b)

transverse

c)

frontal

d)

coronal

18.

Which anatomical plane divides the body into right and left sides?

a)

Transverse

b)

Coronal

c)

Sagittal

d)

Frontal

19.

Which anatomical plane divides the body into front and back

a)

frontal/coronal

b)

transverse/horizontal

c)

sagittal plane

d)

none of the above

20.

Cranial is a term for body parts located near the head

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Another word for the term ventral is posterior

a)

true

b)

false

22.

The stomach is _______to the spine

a)

Medial

b)

Lateral

c)

Anterior

d)

Posterior

23.

The pelvic cavity is _______to the cranial cavity

a)

Lateral

b)

Superior

c)

Medial

d)

Inferior

24.

What is the abbreviation for Right Upper Quadrant

a)

RRQ

b)

RUP

c)

RUQ

d)

RQU

25.

The elbow is distal to the wrist.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The thoracic cavity lies____________the abdominopelvic cavity.

a)

dorsal (posterior) to

b)

ventral (anterior) to

c)

superior to

d)

inferior to

27.

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the body into a left and right equal side?

a)

Medatarsal

b)

Ventral

c)

Midline

d)

Posterior

28.

Toward the surface of a part, away from the inside.

a)

deep

b)

ipsilateral

c)

contralateral

d)

superficial

29.

Toward the inside of a part, away from the surface

a)

deep

b)

cortical

c)

medullary

d)

superficial

30.

which cuts the body into symmetrical left and right sides?

a)

transverse

b)

medicoronal

c)

parasagittal

d)

midsagittal

31.

which cuts the body into asymmetrical left and right sides?

a)

transverse

b)

frontal

c)

parasagittal

d)

coronal

32.

This plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts.

a)

coronal plane

b)

frontal plane

c)

transverse plane

d)

sagittal plane

33.

Which plan divides the body into anterior and posterior?

a)

Coronal Plane

b)

Transverse Plane

c)

Sagital Plane

34.

The transverse plane separates the body into...

a)

anterior/posterior

b)

superior/inferior

c)

medial/lateral

d)

proximal/distal

35.

A midsagittal section through the body would divide:

a)

the right side from the left side equally

b)

the upper part of the body from the lower part of the body

c)

the front part of the body from the back part

d)

the anterior from the posterior.

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