Anatomical Positions and Directional Terms – Human Body
Outline Activity
The content in this activity aligns with Chapter 2: Medical Language Within the Context of Anatomy and Physiology in Building a Medical Terminology Foundation 2e.
Instructions: Review the illustration. Three body planes are shown on the illustration and represented by a number.
Task: Review the compiled list of the plane names that accompany this illustration. Each anatomical plane name in the list is highlighted with a colour. Outline each plane in its correct location in the illustration using the colour indicated:
- frontal (yellow)
- transverse (green)
- sagittal (pink)
Image Attribution
The image used in this activity was sourced from OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology OER by Betts, et al., which is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Following OpenStax’s leadership and in the spirit of open education, we have licensed this OER with the same license.
Image Description
This illustration activity shows the human body standing upright in the anatomical position. Three anatomical planes are illustrated with transparent lines identifying the location of the three planes: the sagittal plane which divides the left and right side of the body, the frontal plane dividing front and back portions of the body, and the transverse plane dividing top and bottom portion of the body.