Anatomy basics

Question 1

Sagittal plane

Answer 1

Divides the body vertically into left and right sections

Question 2

Coronal (frontal) plane

Answer 2

Divides the body vertically into front and back

Question 3

Transverse (horizontal) plane

Answer 3

Divides the body horizontally into upper and lower halves

Question 4

Medial

Answer 4

Nearer to the midline of the body in anatomical position. EX: The pinky finger is medial to the thumb

Question 5

Lateral

Answer 5

Opposite of medial

Question 6

Proximal

Answer 6

Closer to the origin of a body part or the point of attachment

Question 7

Distal

Answer 7

Opposite of proximal

Question 8

Cephalad

Answer 8

Toward the head or in the direction of the head

Question 9

Caudad

Answer 9

Towards the tail or the feet (opposite of cephalad)

Question 10

Superior

Answer 10

Above or closer to the head

Question 11

Inferior

Answer 11

Below or closer to the feet

Question 12

Right hypochondriac

Answer 12

Right kidney, liver, gallbladder, and small intestine

Question 13

Epigastric

Answer 13

Stomach, liver, adrenal glands, pancreas, spleen, small intestine

Question 14

Left hypochondriac

Answer 14

Left kidney, spleen, pancreas, and colon

Question 15

Right lumbar

Answer 15

Ascending colon, liver, gallbladder

Question 16

Umbilical

Answer 16

Small intestine, duodenum, umbilicus

Question 17

Left lumbar

Answer 17

Descending colon, left kidney

Question 18

Right iliac

Answer 18

Cecum, appendix

Question 19

Hypogastric

Answer 19

Bladder, female internal reproductive organs, sigmoid colon

Question 20

Left iliac

Answer 20

Descending and sigmond colon

Question 21

Right upper quadrant

Answer 21

Duodenum, part of the ascending and transverse colon, hepatic flexure, liver, gallbladder, pancreas (head), right kidney, and right adreneal gland

Question 22

Right lower quadrant

Answer 22

Cecum, appendix, right ureter, right fallopian tube, and right ovary

Question 23

Left upper quadrant

Answer 23

Stomach, liver (left lobe), Pancreas (body), left kidney, left adrenal gland, splenic flexure, spleen, part of the transverse and descending colon

Question 24

Left lower quadrant

Answer 24

Left uterine, left fallopian tube, left ovary, part of the descending colon, and sigmoid colon

Question 25

Ventral cavity

Answer 25

Comprises both the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity

Question 26

Thoracic cavity

Answer 26

The bottom is the diaphragm, and the top is at the collarbone area. Contains the lungs, heart, trachea, esophagus, and thymus gland

Question 27

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 27

Starts at the top of the diaphragm and ends at the pelvic bones, and is separated into two parts- the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity

Question 28

Dorsal cavity

Answer 28

Located on the posterior aspect of the body and contains the brain and spine