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BIO 104 Chapt 1
Anatomic Definitions
Question | Answer |
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The plane that Divides the body into front and back parts. | Frontal Plane or Coronal Plane |
The term the means situated towards the front of the body. | Anterior |
The term the means situated towards the back of the body. | Posterior |
The Cross-horizontal Plane that devides the body into a upper and lower parts | Transverse Plane |
The line that devides the body into a left and a right side. | Median Plane, Midsagittal Plane or Midline. |
The term that refers to how close or far from midline. | Medial or how close. Lateral or how far away. |
The term that decribes the relationship on an extremity away or near the trunk. | Proximal nearer to the trunk. Distal farther from the trunk. |
Gall Bladder, Liver | Right Upper Quadrant |
Stomach, Spleen | Left Upper Quadrant |
Cecum, Appendix | Right Lower Quadrant |
Colon, small intestine, Inguinal Ligament | Left Lower Quadrant |
Moving a distal point of an extremity closer to the trunk is called | Flexion |
The Movement of the body part from a flexed position to the anatomic position. | Extention |
Movement of an extremity away from midline is called. | Abduction |
Moving an extremity towards the midline is called. | Adduction |
The position in which the patient is lying down or leaning back. | Recumbent |
The position when a body is resting on its back with face upward. | supine |
The position when the body is lying face and abdomen downward. | Prone |
The position that is a modification of the supine position with the patients head down and legs up. | Trendelenburg's Position |