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Homeostasis, Directional Terms, Body Planes/Cavities

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When your patient is laying face up:

a)

supine

b)

prone

2.

When your patient is laying face down:

a)

prone

b)

supine

3.

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

a)

transverse (horizontal) plane

b)

median (midsagittal) plane

c)

frontal (coronal) plane

4.

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

a)

median (midsagittal) plane

b)

frontal (coronal) plane

c)

transverse (horizontal) plane

5.

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

a)

frontal (coronal) plane

b)

transverse (horizontal) plane

c)

median (midsagittal) plane

6.

The little toe is ____ to the big toe.

a)

lateral

b)

medial

c)

proximal

d)

distal

7.

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

a)

anterior

b)

posterior

c)

dorsal

d)

superior

8.

The ankle is ____ to the knees.

a)

inferior

b)

superior

c)

anterior

d)

medial

9.

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

a)

distal

b)

proximal

c)

anterior

d)

posterior

10.

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

a)

superior

b)

inferior

c)

anterior

d)

posterior

11.


toward the mid-line, middle, away from the side

a)

medial

b)

lateral

c)

proximal

d)

distal

12.

away from, farther from the origin or attachment to the body

a)

distal

b)

proximal

c)

superior

d)

medial

13.

toward the side of the body, away from the midline

a)

lateral

b)

medial

c)

distal

d)

proximal

14.

toward or near the truck of the body, near the point of attachment

a)

proximal

b)

distal

c)

lateral

d)

medial

15.

back, behind something

a)

posterior

b)

anterior

c)

superior

d)

inferior

16.


lower, or below something

a)

inferior

b)

superior

c)

anterior

d)

posterior

17.

front, in front of

a)

anterior

b)

posterior

c)

medial

d)

lateral

18.

upper, or above something

a)

superior

b)

inferior

c)

anterior

d)

posterior

19.

Which of the following is a method for body warming?

a)

shivering

b)

blood vessel dilation

c)

sweating

d)

going inside when it is cold

20.

Which of the following is a method for body cooling?

a)

sweating

b)

shivering

c)

goosebumps

d)

jumping in a pool