Question

you are a pathology intern at a prestigious medical school. your instructor presents you with a box of leg bones and asks you to place them on the table in the correct anatomical position. you recall that anatomical position is determined ______
○ in reference to the sagittal plane
○ in reference to your left and right
○ in reference to the superior and inferior ends
○ in reference to the subject’s right and left

Explanation:

Anatomical position is determined based on the subject's own right and left (not the observer's), superior/inferior relates to body regions (not positioning of limbs), sagittal plane is a sectioning plane, and "your left and right" is incorrect as it's based on the subject's axes. So the correct basis for anatomical position's left - right determination is the subject’s own right and left.

Answer:

In reference to the subject’s right and left