ANATOMICALPOSITION/PLANES

TERMINOLOGY

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Think about medical terms you have heard

or read about.

Write as many terms as you can think of on

a piece of paper and define them.

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Students will be able to: Define terminology relative to anatomical position and planes.

Identify terminology relative to anatomical position and planes.

Demonstrate proper use of terminology relative to anatomical position and planes.

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• Anatomical position

• an erect stance, arms at the sides, palms facing

forward

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• Frontal plane

• divides the body into front and back parts

• Sagittal plane

• divides the body into left and right parts

• Mid-Sagittal or Median plane

• divides the body into equal left and right parts

• Transverse plane

• divides the body into top and bottom parts

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Human_anatomy_planes.svg#file