REVIEW COMPLETE SCENARIOS WITH
SOLUTIONS
◉ lateral.
Answer: to the side, away from the midline of the body
◉ bilateral.
Answer: on both sides
◉ mid-axillary line.
Answer: a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the
ankle
◉ anterior.
Answer: the front of the body or body
◉ posterior.
Answer: the back of the body or body part
,◉ ventral.
Answer: referring to the front of the body. a synonym for anterior
◉ dorsal.
Answer: referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or
foot. A synonym for posterior
◉ superior.
Answer: toward the head.
◉ inferior.
Answer: away from the head; usually compared with another
structure that is closer to the head
◉ proximal.
Answer: closer to the torso
◉ distal.
Answer: farther away from the torso
◉ torso.
,Answer: the trunk of the body; the body without the head and the
extremities
◉ palmer.
Answer: referring to the palm of the hand
◉ plantar.
Answer: referring to the sole of the foot
◉ mid-clavicular.
Answer: the line through the center of the clavical
◉ abdominal quadrants.
Answer: four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location
of a pain or injury: the right upper quadrant, the left upper
quadrant, the right lower quadrant and the left lower quadrant
◉ supine.
Answer: lying on the back
◉ recovery position.
Answer: lying on the side. also called the lateral recumbent position
, ◉ Fowler's Position.
Answer: a sitting position
◉ Right Upper Quadrant.
Answer: Liver, Right Kidney, Colon, Pancreas, Gallbladder
◉ Left Upper Quadrant.
Answer: Liver, Spleen, Left Kidney, Stomach, Colon Pancreas
◉ Right Lower Quadrant.
Answer: Right Kidney, Colon, Small Intestines, Major artery and vein
to the right leg, Ureter, Apendix
◉ Left Lower Quadrant.
Answer: Left kidney, colon, small intestines, major artery and vein to
the left leg, ureter
◉ Trendelenburg Position.
Answer: a position in which the patients feet and legs are higher
than the head (Shock position)