Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Sagittal Plane - ....ANSWER ...-Divides the body, or any body part,
vertically into and left sections. Runs parallel to the midline of the body
Coronal(frontal) Plane - ....ANSWER ...-Divides the body, or any body
structure, vertically into front and(anterior and posterior) sections. Runs vertically
through the body at right angle to the midline.
Transverse(horizontal) Plane - ....ANSWER ...-Divides the patient's body
into imaginary upper(superior) and lower(inferior) halves.
Medial - ....ANSWER ...-means nearer to the midline of the body
Lateral - ....ANSWER ...-is the opposite of medial. Refers to structures
further away from the body's midline, at the sides
Proximal - ....ANSWER ...-refers to structures closer to the center of the
body
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, Distal - ....ANSWER ...-Refers to the structures further away from the center
of the body
Anterior - ....ANSWER ...-Front body structures
Posterior - ....ANSWER ...-Back body structures
Cephalad or cephalic - ....ANSWER ...-are adverbs meaning towards the
head.
Cranial is the skull
Caudad - ....ANSWER ...-Is an adverb meaning towards the tail or posterior.
Caudal means hindquarters
Superior and Inferior - ....ANSWER ...-above, closer the head
below, closer the feet
Abdominal Regions - ....ANSWER ...-Right Hypochondriac- right kidney,
liver, gallbladder, and small intestines
Epigastric- stomach, liver, adrenal glands, pancreas, spleen
Left Hypochondriac- left kidney, spleen, pancreas, colon
Right Lumbar- ascending colon, liver, gallbladder
Umbilical- small intestines, duodenum, umbilicus
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