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Directional Cards

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Total cards: 21•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is a sagittal or longitudinal plane cut?

Back (Answer)

A vertical slice that separates the body into sides (right and left)

#2
Front (Question)

What is a midline or midsagittal or median cut.

Back (Answer)

A vertical slice that separates the body exactly into right and left halves.

#3
Front (Question)

What is a horizontal or axial or transverse plane cut?

Back (Answer)

A cut on the horizontal axis.

#4
Front (Question)

What is a frontal or coronal plane cut?

Back (Answer)

Vertical slice that separates the body from front to back.

#5
Front (Question)

Limbs

Back (Answer)

Leg, Arm

#6
Front (Question)

Attachments

Back (Answer)

Arm attaches at shoulder. Leg attaches at hip

#7
Front (Question)

Laterality

Back (Answer)

Side

#8
Front (Question)

Right (longitudinal)

Back (Answer)

toward the patients right

#9
Front (Question)

Left (longitudinal)

Back (Answer)

toward the patients left

#10
Front (Question)

Medial (midline)

Back (Answer)

toward the midline

#11
Front (Question)

Lateral (midline)

Back (Answer)

Away from the midline

#12
Front (Question)

Superior (horizontal)

Back (Answer)

Toward the top of the head

#13
Front (Question)

Inferior (horizontal)

Back (Answer)

Toward the bottom of the feet

#14
Front (Question)

Anterior (frontal)

Back (Answer)

Toward the front of the body

#15
Front (Question)

Posterier (frontal)

Back (Answer)

Toward the back of the body

#16
Front (Question)

Longitudinal (limbs)

Back (Answer)

along the length of the limb

#17
Front (Question)

Transverse (limbs)

Back (Answer)

Across the legnth of the limb

#18
Front (Question)

Proximal (attachments)

Back (Answer)

towards the attachment.

#19
Front (Question)

Distal (attachments)

Back (Answer)

Away from the attachment.

#20
Front (Question)

Ipsilateral (laterality)

Back (Answer)

same side

#21
Front (Question)

Contralateral (laterality)

Back (Answer)

Opposite side.