Week 3: Directional Terms, Planes, Positions, Regions, and Quadrants

Question 1

Fowler position

Answer 1

semi-sitting position with slight elevation of the knees

Question 2

lateral recumbent position

Answer 2

lying on side; right and left precede the term to indicate the patient’s side

Question 3

lithotomy position

Answer 3

lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted, and externally rotated

Question 4

abducted

Answer 4

away from body

Question 5

orthopnea postion

Answer 5

orthopneic, sitting upright in a chair or in bed supported by pillows behind the back, sometimes the patient si forward resting on a pillow supported by an overbed table

Question 6

prone position

Answer 6

ventral recumbent, laying on abdomen, facing downward, face may be turned to one side

Question 7

recumbent position

Answer 7

laying down in any position, decubitus

Question 8

Sims postion

Answer 8

if not indicated, laying on left side, weird one

Question 9

supine position

Answer 9

dorsal recumbent, lying on back, facing upward

Question 10

Trendelenburg position

Answer 10

lying on back with body tilted so the head is lower than the feet

Question 11

epigastric region

Answer 11

superior to the umbilical region

Question 12

iliac region

Answer 12

to the right and left of the hypogastric region

Question 13

lumbar regions

Answer 13

to the right and left of the umbilical region

Question 14

sagittal

Answer 14

vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing body into right and left sides, midsagittal

Question 15

transverse

Answer 15

horizontal plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions

Question 16

hypochondriac region

Answer 16

to the right and left of the epigastric region

Question 17

frontal

Answer 17

coronal, vertical plane passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior positions

Question 18

hypogastric region

Answer 18

inferior to the umbilical region

Question 19

umbilical region

Answer 19

around the naval

Question 20

Is the Umbilicus the center?

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

Are the quadrants opposite?

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

ant

Answer 22

anterior

Question 23

AP

Answer 23

anteroposterior

Question 24

inf

Answer 24

inferior

Question 25

lat

Answer 25

lateral

Question 26

LLQ

Answer 26

left lower quadrant

Question 27

LUQ

Answer 27

left upper quadrant

Question 28

med

Answer 28

medical

Question 29

PA

Answer 29

posteroanterior

Question 30

RLQ

Answer 30

right lower quadrant

Question 31

RUQ

Answer 31

right upper quadrant

Question 32

sup

Answer 32

superior

Question 33

anatomic position

Answer 33

When directional terms are used, it is considered that the body is in the position of reference known as the….