Exam Questions And Verified Answers
\.frontal plane (coronal plane) - Answer-divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
\.sagittal plane - Answer-a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left parts, the only
plane of the body that has the potential to divide the body into equal halves
\.Superior - Answer-above; toward the head
\.Inferior - Answer-Lower on the body, farther from the head
\.Medial - Answer-Toward the midline of the body
\.Lateral - Answer-Away from the midline of the body
\.Anterior - Answer-front of the body
\.Posterior - Answer-back of body
\.Ventral - Answer-belly side
\.Dorsal - Answer-pertaining to the back
\.Superficial - Answer-near the surface
, \.Deep - Answer-Away from the surface
\.Proximal - Answer-Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to
the body trunk
\.Distal - Answer-farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to
the body trunk
\.transverse plane - Answer-horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
\.Xiphoid Process - Answer-lower portion of the sternum
\.Atlas (C1) - Answer-First cervical vertebra, supports the head
\.Manubrium - Answer-upper portion of the sternum
\.Axis (C2) - Answer-second cervical vertebrae. Allows the head to shake "no"
\.Sternum - Answer-breastbone
\.Clavicle - Answer-the collar bone, a slender bone that connects the manubrium of the sternum
to the scapula
\.Diarthrosis (synovial) - Answer-freely movable joint, ball and socket
\.Synathrosis - Answer-immovable joint (fibrous)