RAD 105 Directional Terms with Complete Solutions

RAD 105 Directional Terms with Complete Solutions The plane that divides the body into left and right parts is the ______________________ plane. - Answer-Sagittal The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is the _________________________ plane. - Answer-Coronal A plane taken at right angles along any point of the longitudinal axis of the body is a ______________ plane. - Answer-Transverse Another name for the sole of your foot is the ____________ surface. - Answer-Plantar You are lying flat on your abdomen (face down). Your body position is called _________. - Answer-Prone You are laying your back, facing the ceiling. Your body position is called ___________. - Answer-Supine Your patient is standing. You would state that your patient's position is __________. - Answer-Erect Any "lying down" position is called a _________________ position. - Answer-Recumbent Identify the following position: What position occurs when the patient is erect, rotated 45 degree with the back of the left shoulder against the IR. Left arm raised and resting on the head and right arm is on the hip with palm out? - Answer-LPO, or Left Posterior Oblique The patient is lying with one side of her body closer to the table or image receptor at an angle between 0º and 90º. The patient is in a(n) ____________________ position. - Answer-Oblique