ATLAS A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

ATLAS A QUESTIONS AND A NSWERS WITH SOL UTIONS 2024 Anatomical Postition - ANSWER stands erect with the feet flat on the floor and close together, arm at side with the palms and face directed fowared Axial region - ANSWER consists of the head, neck (cervical region, and trunk Supination - ANSWER when the palm of the had is facing foward Pronation - ANSWER when the palm of the had is facing the back Supine - ANSWER face up Prone - ANSWER face down Sagittal plane - ANSWER passes vertically through the body or organ and divides it into right and left portions; aslo know as the median plane Frontal (coronal) plane - ANSWER vertically divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions Transverse (horizontal) plane - ANSWER passes across the body to divide into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions Ventral - ANSWER towards the front or belly Dorsal - ANSWER towards the back or spine Anterior - ANSWER towards the ventral side Posterior - ANSWER towards the dorsal side Cephalic - ANSWER toward the head or superior end Rostral - ANSWER toward the forehead or nose Caudal - ANSWER toward the tail or inferior end Superior - ANSWER Above Inferior - ANSWER Below Medial - ANSWER toward the median plane Lateral - ANSWER away from the median palne Proximal - ANSWER closer to the point of attachment or origin Distal - ANSWER farther from the point of attachment or origin Superficial - ANSWER closer to the body surface Deep - ANSWER farther from the body surface thoracic region - ANSWER above the diaphragm abdominal region - ANSWER belwon the diaphragm