Anatomical Planes

Question 1

What is a reclining body when facing down called

Answer 1

Prone

Question 2

What is a reclining body when face up called

Answer 2

Supline

Question 3

Planes

Answer 3

Parts of the body relative to imaginary flat surfaces that pass through them

Question 4

Section

Answer 4

Cut through the body or a body part in one of the planes

Question 5

Sagittal

Answer 5

Plane that runs vertically from front to back/ divides the body into left and right

Question 6

Midsagittal

Answer 6

A sagittal plane that divides the body into symmetric equal sides

Question 7

Parasagittal

Answer 7

A sagittal plane that divides the body into un equal sides

Question 8

Coronal

Answer 8

Plane that runs vertically from side to side and divides body into anterior and posterior sections aka frontal plane

Question 9

Transverse

Answer 9

Crosswise plane that divides any of its body parts into upper and lower plane aka cross-sectional

Question 10

Oblique

Answer 10

Diagonal plane that crosses from one side of the body to the other side