Poll 3: What position would the palms of your hands is positioned when standing in anatomical position?

Last week’s poll question was: what position would the palms of your hands be positioned when standing in anatomical position? And you guys answered as the following: Prone 11%, Supine 44%, Superior 44%, and Cranial 0%. This is the percentile standing of the answers.

The correct answer to the poll question is spine. Well when looking at the break down supine was tied with superior. If you look back to the last post that I posted last week titled: “What does this word mean??? Human Anatomy Terminology” I had defined superior. So the people who answered superior are unfortunately incorrect.

First you would have to understand what the correct anatomical position is.

Anatomical position is the body has its feet together (or slightly separated), and its arms are rotated outward so that the palms are forward, and the thumbs are pointed away from the body (forearms supine). As well, the arms are usually moved slightly out from the body, so that the hands do not touch the sides. The picture below demonstrates anatomical position.

So from the choices given to you supine would be the correct term to describe the position of the hands when in this position.

Now that you know the best answer to the question, if you have any questions feel free to email me or leave a comment on this post. Until next time answer this week’s poll and thank you for you help in keeping this blog alive. Spread the word to your fellow classmate about this blog that you know are taking an anatomy class or something similar.