CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Anatomical position - CORRECT ANSWER -
body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forward, thumbs pointing away from body
Anatomical position importance - CORRECT ANSWER -
directional terms are based on it, right and left refer to the body of the person, not the right and left
of the viewer
Sagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWER -divides body into right and left parts
Midsagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWER -
(median) divides the body into right and left directly on the midline
Parasagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWER -divides body into right and left off centered
Frontal plane - CORRECT ANSWER -
(coronal) divides the body into anterior and posterior, front and back, parts
Transverse plane - CORRECT ANSWER -
(horizontal) divides the body horizontally into superior and inferior, top and bottom, parts
Oblique section - CORRECT ANSWER -
results of a cut at an angle other than 90 degrees to the vertical plane
Axial region - CORRECT ANSWER -consist of head, neck and trunk
Thoracic region - CORRECT ANSWER -above the diaphragm
Abdominal region - CORRECT ANSWER -below the diaphragm
, Right upper quadrant - CORRECT ANSWER -consists of gallbladder
Left upper quadrant - CORRECT ANSWER -consists of most of the stomach
Right lower quadrant - CORRECT ANSWER -consists of appendix, in appendicitis, there is pain in here
Left lower quadrant - CORRECT ANSWER -consists of mostly the large intestine
Appendicular region - CORRECT ANSWER -consists of upper and lower limbs
Dorsal body cavity - CORRECT ANSWER -
protects the nervous system, is superior to the ventral body cavity
Cranial body cavity - CORRECT ANSWER -encloses the brain
Vertebral body cavity - CORRECT ANSWER -encloses the spinal cord
Ventral body cavity - CORRECT ANSWER -contains organs in thoracic and abdominopelvic
Thoracic cavity - CORRECT ANSWER -divided into two parts by the mediastinum
Mediastinum - CORRECT ANSWER -
region between the lungs, extends from the base of the neck to the diaphragm, contains the heart, bl
ood vessels, esophagus, etc.
Pericardium - CORRECT ANSWER -two layer membrane enclosing the heart
Visceral pericardium - CORRECT ANSWER -inner layer, lines the organs
Parietal pericardium - CORRECT ANSWER -outer layer, lines the cavity walls