Lesson: Directions and Planes

Which leg is the right leg to amputate?

This lesson builds an understanding of how medical professionals describe locations and are able to relate organs to one another within the body.

    1. If asked to position a patient in the following positions, how would they be arranged?

    • Anatomical position

    • Supine

    • Prone

2. Use the paired terms of direction properly (ex. Medial/lateral, Anterior/Posterior, etc.)

3. How do each of the following planes divide the body?

    • Transverse

    • Frontal

    • Sagittal

  • Midsagittal

Warm Ups, etc.:

Dividing the Body - students are previewing the material by thinking about cutting the body in half and naming the parts.

Up, Down, Side to Side - students practice identifying proper directions and terms associated with planes

Instruction, Presentations, Assignments, Activities, etc:

Notes - Directions and Planes

Complete the blank diagram included with the Unit Study guide

Assignment- Paired Parts- students determine relationships between pairs of parts of the body using terms learned in class

Informal assessment- using student response whiteboards, students asked to...

1. draw/rotate stick figures into proper position (anatomical, supine, prone)

2. write term describing direction on white board, place board in proper location.

3. Board used to symbolize the plane that divides human body- transverse, frontal, (mid)Sagittal plane