Medical Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Above
  2. 5. position Lying on your side; Top arm and leg are at 90 degree angle.
  3. 8. Farther away from origin/P.O.A.
  4. 9. plane Horizontal line divides body into top and bottom halves.
  5. 10. Near the head-end (cephal=head)
  6. 12. Near the tail-end
  7. 13. Position Patient lying on their side.
  8. 14. Toward the midline of the body
  9. 17. (anter-) front side of the body
  10. 21. plane vertical line down midline; separates body into LT/RT halves.
  11. 23. back side
  12. 24. standing tall
Down
  1. 1. cavity Holds only the lungs; sac containing lungs is the pleura
  2. 2. (poster-) back side
  3. 3. Position Lying on your back, face up
  4. 4. Toward the sides; away from the midline.
  5. 6. Coronal, ventral front side
  6. 7. position Knees pulled up to chest, bottom-up
  7. 11. Skull
  8. 15. plane Vertical line down body; not=halves
  9. 16. Closer to point of origin/point of attachment on body.
  10. 18. Cavity that holds the heart; under the breastbone (sternum)
  11. 19. Position HOB (head of bed) elevated
  12. 20. Lying on your belly; face-down (head often turned to the side)
  13. 22. below