Lesson 2 - Directional Terms, Planes, Regions, & Quadrants
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| anter/ior | pertaining to the front
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| anter/o/later/al | pertaining to the front & (one) side
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| anter/o/medi/al | pertaining to the front & middle
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| anter/o/poster/ior | pertaining to the front & to the back
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| anter/o/super/ior | pertaining to the front & above
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| caud/ad | toward the tail
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| caud/al | pertaining to the tail
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| ceph/al/ad | pertaining to toward the head
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| cephal/ic | pertaining to the head
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| cephal/o/caud/al | pertaining to toward the head to tail
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| dist/al | pertaining to away from
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| dors/al | pertaining to the back
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| dors/o/cephal/ad | pertaining to toward the back of the head
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| infer/ior | pertaining to below
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| infer/o/later/al | pertaining to below & one side
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| later/al | pertaining to a side
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| medi/ad | toward the middle
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| medi/al | pertaining to the middle
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| medi/o/later/al | pertaining to the middle & one side
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| poster/ior | pertaining to the back
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| poster/o/anter/ior | pertaining to the back & to the front
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| poster/o/later/al | pertaining to behind & to (one) side
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| poster/o/super/ior | pertaining to back & above
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| proxim/al | pertaining to near
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| super/ior | pertaining to above
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| super/o/later/al | pertaining to above & (one) side
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| ventr/ad | toward the belly
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| ventr/al | pertaining to the belly
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| ventr/o/dors/al | pertaining to the belly & to the back
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| coronal plane | vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior & posterior portions
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| frontal plane | vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior & posterior portions
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| sagittal plane | vertical field passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right & left sides
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| transverse plane | Horizontal field dividing the body into upper & lower portions
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| umbilical region | around the navel (umbilicus)
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| epigastric region | directly above the umbilical region
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| hypogastric region | directly below the umbilical region
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| hypochondriac regions | to the right & left of the epigastric region
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| lumbar regions | to the right & left of the umbilical region
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| iliac regions | to the right & left of the hypogastric region
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| pertaining to the front (abbreviation) | ant
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| pertaining to the front & to the back (abbreviation) | AP
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| pertaining to below (abbreviation) | inf
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| pertaining to the middle (abbreviation) | med
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| pertaining to the side (abbreviation) | lat
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| pertaining to the back (abbreviation) | post
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| pertaining to the back & to the front (abbreviation) | PA
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| pertaining to above (abbreviation) | sup
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| right upper quadrant (abbreviation) | RUQ
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| left upper quadrant (abbreviation) | LUQ
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| right lower quadrant (abbreviation) | RLQ
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| left lower quadrant (abbreviation) | LLQ
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| dors/ad | toward the back
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