Download 1 * Standard Anatomical Position

1 – Standard Anatomical Position
(You will work in groups of 2!)
• Stand in Standard Anatomical position
• Correct your lab partner’s position
• Sketch using stick figures your partner in SAP Label
Superior and Inferior
• Next sketch a dog in standard anatomical position (also
stick figure) Label Dorsal and Ventral
• Name two different joints that are at 180 degree angles
• Name a joint that is at 90 degree angle.
• What part of the hands is posterior, Palms or back of
hand?
2 - Body planes and directions
• Create 14 flash cards using the following
terms
– Anterior (3 of them)
– Posterior (3 of them)
– Dorsal
– Ventral
– Superior
– Inferior
– Lateral
– Medial
– Proximal
– Distal
Post it on your partner
• Place anterior labels on
– Leg
– Trunk (torso)
– Head
• Place posterior labels on
– Leg
– Trunk (torso)
– Head
• Distal and proximal
– Place on shoulder and elbow
• Superior and inferior
– Place on thorax and abdomen
• Medial and lateral
– On left ankle
• Dorsal and Ventral
– Place the correct ones next to a Posterior and Anterior label
Assesment
1. Which terms best describe the position of the
right eye in relation to the right ear?
2. Which of the terms best describes the position
of the right eye in relation to the nose?
3. Which term best describes the relation between
your elbow and your wrist?
4. Which term best describes the relation between
the sternum (breast bone) and your umbilicus
(belly button)?