Instruments + Anatomical Planes

1234567891011121314151617
Across
  1. 2. a blunt tool used to feel nerves and vessels
  2. 6. to remove fat and connective tissue by dissection
  3. 9. plane, the plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts
  4. 11. useful in cutting, blunt dissection, and transection
  5. 12. plane, the plane dividing the body into equal left and right halves
  6. 13. dissection, cutting tissue with a scalpel or scissors
  7. 15. dissection, separating tissue using fingers, a probe, or scissors
  8. 16. used to lift and hold structures during dissection
Down
  1. 1. plane, the plane dividing the body into superior and inferior parts
  2. 3. to pull a structure aside to better visualize another
  3. 4. a small cutting instrument held like a pencil
  4. 5. a clamp-like tool with a locking grip used in skin removal
  5. 7. to blunt dissect in order to enhance a structure’s relationships
  6. 8. to cut a structure in the transverse plane
  7. 10. position, the standard body position with palms facing forward
  8. 14. to fold back tissue to view beneath it
  9. 17. vein, to remove a vein and its tributaries during dissection