Planes | Patient Positions | Terms | Body Cavities | Abdominal divisions |
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What is frontal plane
vertical planet that divides the body into front and back section
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What is Fowler's position
a semi sitting position
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What is Medial
near the midline
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What is the dorsal cavity
protects the organs and tissues withing the back side of the body
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What is the RUQ
quadrant that contains the majority of the liver
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What is midsagittal plane
vertical plane that divides the body into equal left and right halves
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What is Knee-chest position
Lying face-down with knees bent while resting
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What is proximal
near the point of origin
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What is the abdominal cavity
Contains the stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder and pancreas
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What is RLQ
Quadrant that contains the right ovary
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What is the transverse plane
horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower sections
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What is lateral position
Left or right side lying
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What is ventral
refers to the belly side of the body
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What is the pelvic cavity
Contains the urinary bladder and urethra
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What is umbilical region
Your belly button is located in this region
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What is inferior and superior
What are the sections called that the transverse plane divides the body into
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What is prone position
lying flat with face down
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What is posterior
Tail end
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What is the ventral cavity
Protects the organs and tissues within the front side of the body
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What is epigastric
patients usually complain of heart burn in this region
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What is lateral
How can one describe the sections that the midsagittal plane divides the body into
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What is Sim's position
Lying on the side with the hip and knee straight and the other hip and knee bent or flexed
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What is Anterior
head end
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What is cranial cavity
the brain lives here
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What is Left iliac region
This region contains the left hip bone
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