INCLEMENT WEATHER
DAY 6
ABDOMINOPELVIC REGIONS, QUADRANTS AND PLANES
On a separate sheet of paper, list the answers only.
All students must research the Internet and find the information to answer the
following questions. When sections are completed, list at the bottom of the
page the websites used to find the information.
1. Superior to the umbilical region
a. Hypogastric region
b. Umbilical region
c. Epigastric region
d. Iliac regions
2. Right upper quadrant refers to the area encompassing portions of
the small and large intestines, the appendix the right ureter, and
the right ovary and uterine tube in women or the right spermatic
duct in men.
a. True
b. False
3. Vertical field running through the body from front to back,
dividing the body into unequal right and left sides
a. Parasagittal
b. Midsagittal
c. Transverse
d. Sagittal
4. Refers to the area encompassing the left lobe of the liver, the
stomach, the spleen, part of the pancreas and portions of the small
and large intestines.
a. Right lower quadrant
b. Right upper quadrant
c. Left upper quadrant
d. Left lower quadrant
5. To the right and left of the epigastric region
a. Epigastric region
b. Iliac regions
c. Hypochondriac region
d. Hypogastric region
6. Posterior refers to:
a. The front of the body
b. The back of the body
c. The middle of the body
d. The side of the body
7. The transverse plane:
a. Vertical plane dividing the body into half portions
b. Horizontal plane dividing the body into upper and lower
portions
c. Pertaining to the front of the body
d. Below another structure
8. When you are pertaining to the middle or near the medial plane of
the body, you are describing the ________________ aspect of the body.
a. Lateral
b. Medial
c. Dorsal
d. Proximal
9. On the surface
a. Sagittal
b. Inferior
c. Superficial
d. Medial
10.
Above another structure
a. Supine
b. Proximal
c. Frontal
d. superior