Body Positions and Directions
Across
- 3. sitting on bed with head elevated 45 degrees
- 5. patient on his left side with right leg drawn up
- 6. lays on their side, allows for surgical access to the hip
- 10. toward the head/top of the body
- 11. patient rests or her body weight on the knees and chest
- 13. patient lies on her back with feet in stirrups and knees seperated
- 14. the starting point of describing movement
- 16. lower part of the body
- 17. recumbent patient lies on her back with the knees flexed and separate
- 19. facedown, on their stomach
Down
- 1. top surface of the body
- 2. going toward the inside or middle of the body
- 4. inside the body
- 7. sitting on bed with head elevated 30-40 degrees
- 8. toward the base of the body
- 9. the front of the body
- 12. back of the body
- 15. lies flat on back with head of the table lowered at 45 degree angle
- 18. laying faceup on their back