VI. POSITIONING TERMINOLOGY

Positioning

 is the act of placing the patient in the desired position

Body Planes

Are imaginary planes that subdivide the body in reference to anatomic position

Sagittal plane

 -is any longitudinal plane that divides right and left parts

Midsagittal plane

-divides the body into equal right and left parts. It passes approximately through the sagittal suture of the skull.

Coronal plane

 is any longitudinal plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.

Midcoronal plane

-divides the body into approximately equal anterior and posterior parts. It is called a coronal plane because it passes approximately through the coronal suture of the skull.

Horizontal plane

 - is any transverse plane that passes through the body at right angles to a longitudinal plane, divid ing the body into superior and inferior portions.

Oblique plane

-is a longitudinal or transverse plane that is at an angle or slant and. is not parallel to the sagittal, coronal, or horizontal plane

Transpyloric plane

- is an Imaginary horizontal plane, located halfway between the suprasternal notch of the manubrium and the upper border of the symphysis pubis at the level of the first lumbar vertebrae, L1.

Interiliac Plane

-  A plane that transects the pelvis at the Top of the iliac crest at the level of the 4th lumbar spinous process

Occlusal Plane

formed by the biting surfaces of the upper and Lower teeth with the jaws closed.

pelvis, l4 spinous process

Interiliac Plane

-  A plane that transects the __ at the Top of the iliac crest at the level of the _ _ __ __

Transpyloric plane

 is an Imaginary horizontal plane, located halfway between the suprasternal notch of the manubrium and the upper border of the symphysis pubis at the level of the first lumbar vertebrae, L1. 

suprasternal notch, L1

Transpyloric plane (Addison’s plane)

- is an Imaginary horizontal plane, located halfway between the__ _of the manubrium and the upper border of the symphysis pubis at the level of the _.