MIDTERM EXAM 2026, QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. anatomical position - >>>>>> ANSWER: body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forward, thumbs
pointing away from body
2. anatomical position importance - >>>>>> 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
3. sagittal plane - >>>>>> ANSWER: divides body into right and left parts
4. midsagittal plane - >>>>>> ANSWER: (median) divides the body into right and left directly on the
midline
5. parasagittal plane - >>>>>> ANSWER: divides body into right and left off centered
6. frontal plane - >>>>>> ANSWER: (coronal) divides the body into anterior and posterior, front and
back, parts
7. transverse plane - >>>>>> ANSWER: (horizontal) divides the body horizontally into superior and
inferior, top and bottom, parts
8. oblique section - >>>>>> ANSWER: results of a cut at an angle other than 90 degrees to the vertical
plane
9. axial region - >>>>>> ANSWER: consist of head, neck and trunk
10. thoracic region - >>>>>> ANSWER: above the diaphragm
, 11. abdominal region - >>>>>> ANSWER: below the diaphragm
12. right upper quadrant - >>>>>> ANSWER: consists of gallbladder
13. left upper quadrant - >>>>>> ANSWER: consists of most of the stomach
14. right lower quadrant - >>>>>> ANSWER: consists of appendix, in appendicitis, there is pain in here
15. left lower quadrant - >>>>>> ANSWER: consists of mostly the large intestine
16. appendicular region - >>>>>> ANSWER: consists of upper and lower limbs
17. dorsal body cavity - >>>>>> ANSWER: protects the nervous system, is superior to the ventral body
cavity
18. cranial body cavity - >>>>>> ANSWER: encloses the brain
19. vertebral body cavity - >>>>>> ANSWER: encloses the spinal cord
20. ventral body cavity - >>>>>> ANSWER: contains organs in thoracic and abdominopelvic
21. thoracic cavity - >>>>>> ANSWER: divided into two parts by the mediastinum
22. mediastinum - >>>>>> ANSWER: region between the lungs, extends from the base of the neck to the
diaphragm, contains the heart, blood vessels, esophagus, etc.
23. pericardium - >>>>>> ANSWER: two layer membrane enclosing the heart
24. visceral pericardium - >>>>>> ANSWER: inner layer, lines the organs