Directions and Positions 1

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1	All body positions are given relative to:
		the observer
		the anatomical position
		the midline of the body
		Birmingham

2	In the anatomical position the body lies on its back and the palms of the hands face -
		up.
		down.
		sideways.
		magnetic north.

3	What term is used to describe parts of the body nearer the head?
		Cranial.
		Superior.
		Exterior.
		Superficial.

4	Your knees are what to your ankles?
		Superficial.
		Viscreal.
		Cranial.
		Superior.

5	What term is used to describe a body part nearer to the front of the body?
		Abdominal.
		Coronal
		Anterior
		Distal

6	Your belly button is what to your lumbar spine?
		Anterior.
		Medial.
		Ipsilateral.
		Parasagittal.

7	If part of the body is 'behind' another part we say it is:
		Occluded.
		Distal.
		Posterior.
		Supportive

8	If you took a pen and drew a line down the side of the body between front and back, which plane would you have drawn?
		Virginia.
		Frontal.
		Anterior.
		Coronal.

9	Which plane passes through the midline of the body, dividing it into equal left-right halves?
		Median
		Midsagittal.
		Nasal.
		Coronal.

10	If we lay the body on its back, completely relaxed with the palms of the hands facing upwards, the body is said to be:
		Asleep.
		Proximal.
		In the anatomical position.
		Playing very lazy twister (tm).