ATI TEAS 7 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 100
QUESTIONS WITH UPDATED CORRECT ANSWERS TO
SCORE A+/2023
Standard Anatomical Position - ANSWER: standing feet facing forward about hip
width apart, legs and torso completely upright with arms at side and palms facing
forward
the three primary planes - ANSWER: frontal/coronal, sagittal, transverse/horizontal
sagital plane - ANSWER: divides the body vertically into left and right halves; runs
parallel to midline
coronal(frontal) plane - ANSWER: divides the body vertically into front and back
(anterior and posterior) sections
transverse (horizontal) plane - ANSWER: divides the body into superior and inferior
(inferior and caudal) parts
Terms of Direction - ANSWER: medial, lateral, proximal, distal, anterior, posterior,
cephalad, caudad, superior, inferior
Medial - ANSWER: toward the midline ex: pinky is medial to thumb
Lateral - ANSWER: away from the midline ex: thumb is lateral to pinky
Proximal - ANSWER: Closer to the center(trunk) of the body ex: hip is proximal to
knee
Distal - ANSWER: further from the center (trunk of the body) ex:knee is distal to hip
Anterior - ANSWER: front of the body
Posterior - ANSWER: back of body
Cephalad (cranial) - ANSWER: toward the head
Caudad (caudal) - ANSWER: toward the tail or posterior
Superior - ANSWER: above, closer to the head
Inferior - ANSWER: below, closer to the feet
Abdominal Regions - ANSWER: right hypochondriac (A), epigastric (B), left
hypochondriac (C), right lumbar (D), umbilical (E), left lumbar (F), right iliac (G),
hypogastric (H), left iliac (I)
, A: right hypochondriac - ANSWER: right kidney, liver, gallbladder, and small intestine
B: epigastric - ANSWER: stomach, liver, adrenal glands, pancreas, spleen, small
intestine
C: left hypochondriac - ANSWER: left kidney, spleen, pancreas, and colon
D: right lumbar - ANSWER: ascending colon, liver, gallbladder
E: Umbilical - ANSWER: small intestine, duodenum, umbilicus
F: left lumbar - ANSWER: descending colon, left kidney
G: right iliac - ANSWER: cecum, appendix
H: Hypogastric - ANSWER: (Hypo= below, beneath, less than normal) Bladder, female
internal reproductive organs, sigmoid colon
I: left iliac - ANSWER: descending and sigmoid colon
abdominal quadrants - ANSWER: right upper quadrant (RUQ), left upper quadrant
(LUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ), left lower quadrant (LLQ)
Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) - ANSWER: duodenum, part of the ascending and
transverse colon, hepatic flexure, liver, gallbladder, pancreas (head), right kidney,
and right adrenal gland
Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ) - ANSWER: cecum, appendix, right ovary and tube, right
ureter, right fallopian tube
Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) - ANSWER: stomach, spleen, left lobe of liver, body of
pancreas, left kidney and adrenal gland, splenic flexure of colon, spleen, part of
transverse and descending colon
lower left quadrant (LLQ) - ANSWER: left ureter, left fallopian tube, left ovary, part of
descending colon, and sigmoid colon
ventral cavity - ANSWER: thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
thoracic cavity - ANSWER: above the diaphragm contains lungs and mediastinum
(separates cavity into right and left compartments)
Mediastinum - ANSWER: heart, trachea, esophagus, thymus gland lie within
abdominopelvic cavity - ANSWER: extends below the diaphragm to the pelvic floor,
contains upper abdominal cavity and lower pelvic cavity
QUESTIONS WITH UPDATED CORRECT ANSWERS TO
SCORE A+/2023
Standard Anatomical Position - ANSWER: standing feet facing forward about hip
width apart, legs and torso completely upright with arms at side and palms facing
forward
the three primary planes - ANSWER: frontal/coronal, sagittal, transverse/horizontal
sagital plane - ANSWER: divides the body vertically into left and right halves; runs
parallel to midline
coronal(frontal) plane - ANSWER: divides the body vertically into front and back
(anterior and posterior) sections
transverse (horizontal) plane - ANSWER: divides the body into superior and inferior
(inferior and caudal) parts
Terms of Direction - ANSWER: medial, lateral, proximal, distal, anterior, posterior,
cephalad, caudad, superior, inferior
Medial - ANSWER: toward the midline ex: pinky is medial to thumb
Lateral - ANSWER: away from the midline ex: thumb is lateral to pinky
Proximal - ANSWER: Closer to the center(trunk) of the body ex: hip is proximal to
knee
Distal - ANSWER: further from the center (trunk of the body) ex:knee is distal to hip
Anterior - ANSWER: front of the body
Posterior - ANSWER: back of body
Cephalad (cranial) - ANSWER: toward the head
Caudad (caudal) - ANSWER: toward the tail or posterior
Superior - ANSWER: above, closer to the head
Inferior - ANSWER: below, closer to the feet
Abdominal Regions - ANSWER: right hypochondriac (A), epigastric (B), left
hypochondriac (C), right lumbar (D), umbilical (E), left lumbar (F), right iliac (G),
hypogastric (H), left iliac (I)
, A: right hypochondriac - ANSWER: right kidney, liver, gallbladder, and small intestine
B: epigastric - ANSWER: stomach, liver, adrenal glands, pancreas, spleen, small
intestine
C: left hypochondriac - ANSWER: left kidney, spleen, pancreas, and colon
D: right lumbar - ANSWER: ascending colon, liver, gallbladder
E: Umbilical - ANSWER: small intestine, duodenum, umbilicus
F: left lumbar - ANSWER: descending colon, left kidney
G: right iliac - ANSWER: cecum, appendix
H: Hypogastric - ANSWER: (Hypo= below, beneath, less than normal) Bladder, female
internal reproductive organs, sigmoid colon
I: left iliac - ANSWER: descending and sigmoid colon
abdominal quadrants - ANSWER: right upper quadrant (RUQ), left upper quadrant
(LUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ), left lower quadrant (LLQ)
Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) - ANSWER: duodenum, part of the ascending and
transverse colon, hepatic flexure, liver, gallbladder, pancreas (head), right kidney,
and right adrenal gland
Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ) - ANSWER: cecum, appendix, right ovary and tube, right
ureter, right fallopian tube
Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) - ANSWER: stomach, spleen, left lobe of liver, body of
pancreas, left kidney and adrenal gland, splenic flexure of colon, spleen, part of
transverse and descending colon
lower left quadrant (LLQ) - ANSWER: left ureter, left fallopian tube, left ovary, part of
descending colon, and sigmoid colon
ventral cavity - ANSWER: thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
thoracic cavity - ANSWER: above the diaphragm contains lungs and mediastinum
(separates cavity into right and left compartments)
Mediastinum - ANSWER: heart, trachea, esophagus, thymus gland lie within
abdominopelvic cavity - ANSWER: extends below the diaphragm to the pelvic floor,
contains upper abdominal cavity and lower pelvic cavity
