Body Positions and Directions

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