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medial - Answer - toward the midline of the body

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)

musculoskeletal system - Answer - system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the
body and permit movement

skeleton - Answer - the bones of the body

muscle - Answer - tissue that can contract to allow movement of a body part

ligament - Answer - tissue that connects bone to bone

tendon - Answer - tissue that connects muscle to bone

skull - Answer - the bony structure of the head

cranium - Answer - the top, back and sides of the skull

mandible - Answer - the lower jaw bone

maxillae - Answer - the two fused bones forming the upper jaw

nasal bones - Answer - the nose bones

orbits - Answer - the bony structures around the eyes, the eye sockets

zygomatic arches - Answer - form the structure of the cheeks

vertebrae - Answer - the 33 bones of the spinal column

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