Position/Planes Terminology PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010 Anatomical Position/Planes Terminology 1 PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010
PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010 BELLWORK 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. http://dulye.com/blog/blog-category/communication?page=2 2 PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010
PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010 OBJECTIVE 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. 3 PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010
PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010 Terminology Anatomical position-an erect stance, arms at the sides, palms facing forward 4 PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010
Anatomical Position
PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010 Terminology Frontal/Coronal plane-divides the body into anterior and posterior parts (front and back) Sagittal plane-divides the body into left and right parts Mid-Sagittal/Median plane-divides the body into equal left and right parts Transverse plane-divides the body into upper and lower halves 6 PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010
PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010 ANATOMICAL DIAGRAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Human_anatomy_planes.svg#file 7 PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010