Describe a location. Keep the claim within the evidence.
This page has four parts, in the order you use them. Part 1 is what you need to know. Part 2 says what to do, in plain English. Part 3 shows the work done once on a case that is not yours. Part 4 is your own work and where to turn it in.
Open your materials, follow the steps, then turn in your work.
Use the supplied anatomy rules and fictional records to make a location map and explain what is still unknown.
Part 1 of 4 · Background and definitions▸
💡 Big idea: Locate first. Explain only what the evidence supports.
- • Anatomical position gives everyone the same reference.
- • A plane describes portions separated by an imaginary slice.
- • A reported location does not identify damaged .
Organs combine groups; the stomach contains all four. You tell them apart by how the cells are arranged and what sits between them.
Locate first. Explain only what the evidence supports.
Driving question: Which location words does the record support, and where must your claim stop?
What you already know: You can point to a spot on your own arm. Reference R defines anatomical position, the direction words, planes, and cavities before you write.
New idea: Locate first. Explain only what the evidence supports.
Visual or model: F1 is Reference R's location rule as a text model, not a patient image. Your map rows follow it in order; the plane table in Reference R names the parts a plane separates. What to notice: Locate first. Explain only what the evidence supports.
- Read E1. Find the person's side, the region, the surface, and the two landmarks it names.
- Name the location with Reference R: or ; to which landmark, to which landmark.
- Read E2 and classify the plane by the portions the slice separates.
- Read E3 and state what the records cannot establish: damaged , injury depth, or a cause.
Real biomedical example: A location written in anatomical terms can be found by another reader; a diagnosis needs evidence the records do not supply. Source: Anatomical Terminology.
What the evidence supports: Reference R, Model M and the records support the one product: five map rows or an equally labeled sketch, plus a paragraph of about four sentences.
What it cannot prove: The records cannot identify damaged , injury depth, or a cause.
- • Anatomical position: Standing upright, arms at the sides, palms forward. Use the person's right and left, not the viewer's.
- • and : Toward the front, and toward the back.
- • and : Nearer to, and farther from, where a limb joins the trunk. Name the landmark: to what?
- • Landmark: A named place used to locate another place. Here, the shoulder, elbow, and wrist.
- • Plane: An imaginary flat slice, named by the parts it separates. It describes a view, not an injury.
- • Body : An internal space, such as the cranial, thoracic, or abdominopelvic . Arms and legs are outside the major cavities.
- • : An organized group of cells working together. A location word cannot tell you which is damaged.
Use it now: Use Model M. The sticker is between the shoulder and elbow on the back of the left upper arm. Which landmark is it to, and which is it to? This is thinking practice for the one turn-in named under Turn in, not a second submission.
Go further, optional: The SEER and OpenStax anatomical-terminology pages add context. Reference R supplies everything required.
A fictional person points to a sore patch on the front of the right forearm, between the elbow and wrist. Describe it in anatomical position.
Limit: Original AI-assisted practice, not an official PLTW patient record. It supplies a reported location and nothing beneath it.
A teaching model shows an imaginary flat slice across that forearm at the patch, with the arm at the side in anatomical position. The slice separates an upper portion toward the elbow from a lower portion toward the wrist.
Limit: A text description of a model, not a medical scan. No image is needed to classify the plane.
No examination, scan, or test is supplied. The record does not identify damaged tissue, depth of injury, or a cause.
Limit: Describe E1's reported location and classify E2's plane. The records cannot identify damaged , injury depth, or a cause; do not choose a scan or make a diagnosis.
Today's decision · Simulated classroom evidence scenario
Your role: reader making a location map from E1 to E3
Decision: A partner says the sore patch in E1 proves muscle damage and wants to pick the scan. Decide what your map and paragraph may claim. Use E1, E2, Reference R and the E3 limit.
- • Treat the sore patch in E1 as evidence of muscle damage, then choose the scan that should confirm it.
- • Ask for an examination record before making a claim, while completing the location map with the evidence supplied.
- • Use E1 to locate the reported patch and E2 to name the plane, keeping damage unknown as E3 requires.
Response: One PDF: all five map rows or an equally labeled sketch, plus a paragraph of about four sentences, submitted in your section's Wk4 CER: Patient map assignment. The choice discussion is preparation, not another submission. Use it inside the one turn-in named under Turn in; it is not a separate submission.
Claim ceiling: Describe E1's reported location and classify E2's plane. The records cannot identify damaged , injury depth, or a cause; do not choose a scan or make a diagnosis.
Students often think a location or a sore patch proves which is damaged. The trap: the record must supply evidence of damage. E3 says those findings are not available
- CER:
- Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
- SOP:
- Standard Operating Procedure, the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
- Tracker:
- Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
- myPLTW:
- The PLTW course site where you do the online activities. Find it in Clever with your Microsoft sign-in, right next to Schoology.
Part 2 of 4 · Directions in plain English▸
2.1 Open your materials
2.2 Start the work
Open the anatomy-location handout. Read Reference R and the separate Model M. Try the model plane question, then check its answer.
Show all 4 required steps
- Open the anatomy-location handout. Read Reference R and the separate Model M. Try the model plane question, then check its answer.
- Read fictional records E1, E2, and E3. Underline the side, surface, and landmarks. These are original practice records, not the PLTW cohort patient's record.
- Complete all five rows of the location map, or draw a sketch with the same labels. Write about four sentences: claim, E1 evidence, reasoning from Reference R, and a limit from E3.
- Check the map and paragraph using the handout's turn-in section. Save them together as one PDF. Submit in Wk4 CER: Patient anatomy map using your section's Schoology button below. Check the uploaded preview.
Lost your place? Start with E1. Underline the side, surface, and two landmarks. Use Reference R to fill the first map row.
- 0-15 minReview Reference R and explain the Model M location
- 15-25 minTry and check the model plane question
- 25-45 minRead E1 to E3 and make the five-part map
- 45-65 minWrite the evidence paragraph and check its limit
- 65-80 minRevise the map and paragraph, submit one PDF, and check the uploaded preview
- • I want your words to help someone find the same place you found.
- • Use the supplied records, not a guessed medical story. A text map is as valid as a sketch.
- • Keep the original practice separate from the official PLTW .
PLTW connection and today's work
John Hay original practice supporting HBS 1.1.1, Meet the Patients, and 1.1.2, Language of Anatomy. Official activities, patient records, and the anatomy organizer stay in your Schoology course. The handout links to both sections' course materials.
Today's stopping point: Stop after the map and paragraph. Do not put fictional practice details in the official cohort chart or mark a PLTW activity complete from this practice.
Today uses John Hay teacher-created practice. It builds skills for the course, but does not count as completing an official myPLTW activity.
Course connection
- Activity 1.1.1 Meet the Patients
- Activity 1.1.2 Language of Anatomy
Use the turn-in directions in Part 4 of this page. Do not create a second submission unless your teacher asks for one.
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Part 3 of 4 · Worked example▸
This is a parallel case, not your own. Read it for the order of the work, then do your own in Part 4.
Model M places a sticker on the back of the left upper arm, between shoulder and elbow.
The sticker is on the posterior left upper arm. Model M places it on the back between shoulder and elbow. The location is distal to the shoulder and proximal to the elbow. These labels locate the sticker but do not establish tissue damage.
For a separate model slice dividing the body into front and back portions, the plane is frontal (coronal). Naming a plane does not select a medical scan.
| Map label | Model M |
|---|---|
| Side | Person's left |
| Region | Upper arm |
| Surface | Posterior |
| Comparisons | Distal to shoulder; proximal to elbow |
| Major cavity | Outside the major cavities |
| Tissue damage | Not established |
This model shows the level of evidence and organization needed to complete: Separate original practice showing location language and evidence limits, not official patient answers.
- Open the anatomy-location handout. Read Reference R and the separate Model M. Try the model plane question, then check its answer.
- Read fictional records E1, E2, and E3. Underline the side, surface, and landmarks. These are original practice records, not the PLTW cohort patient's record.
- Complete all five rows of the location map, or draw a sketch with the same labels. Write about four sentences: claim, E1 evidence, reasoning from Reference R, and a limit from E3.
- Check the map and paragraph using the handout's turn-in section. Save them together as one PDF. Submit in Wk4 CER: Patient anatomy map using your section's Schoology button below. Check the uploaded preview.
Use Reference R and fictional E1 to E3 for your map and paragraph. Model M is a separate example. Keep tissue damage, depth and cause unknown; this practice does not complete official patient work.
Also due today: Use the anatomy-location handout for your own E1 to E3 map and paragraph. Submit one PDF to Wk4 CER: Patient anatomy map in your section, not this model.
Part 4 of 4 · Your work▸
Check your work before submitting
- My map names the person's side, region, surface, and two landmark comparisons.
- I explain whether the location is in a major cavity and classify E2's plane.
- My paragraph connects E1 to Reference R and uses E3 to state a limit.
- I submit my map and paragraph together in my own section's assignment.
4.1 Turn in your work
DueCheck the Schoology assignment for this day- Hand in
- Location map and claim, evidence, reasoning, and limit paragraph
How to submit and name your file
Submit one PDF with all five map rows (or an equally labeled sketch) and your paragraph in Wk4 CER: Patient anatomy map. Choose your own section below. Follow its posted due date and check the uploaded preview.
In Schoology, open your course and the assignment for this lesson. Attach your file, select Submit, and check that it appears in the submission.
PDF upload helpYou get two school days for every day you were absent, so this deadline moves with you.
Choose your Schoology section. Open only one assignment.
Check the section number beside Human Anatomy and Physiology in Schoology.
Assignment: Wk4 CER: Patient anatomy map
Link will not open? Open Schoology, choose your section, and find the assignment title above.
How I will check this work
- My map names the person's side, region, surface, and two landmark comparisons.
- I explain whether the location is in a major cavity and classify E2's plane.
- My paragraph connects E1 to Reference R and uses E3 to state a limit.
- I submit my map and paragraph together in my own section's assignment.
Describe E1's reported location and classify E2's plane. E3 does not identify damaged tissue, injury depth, or a cause. Do not choose a scan or make a diagnosis. Use the Schoology assignment linked above to submit it.
How this lesson connects
Direction words → planes and cavities → a precise location → evidence about tissues. Locate first, then ask what the record actually shows.
Unit 1 guide: what to keep and use nextPractice: try a question, then check your answer▸
Claim ceiling for this check: Describe E1's reported location and classify E2's plane. E3 does not identify damaged , injury depth, or a cause. Do not choose a scan or make a diagnosis.
A description places a sticker between the shoulder and elbow. Does that prove muscle damage? Explain.
Write an answer and pick a confidence to unlock the key.
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Use the same records and four steps. Paper is fine: scan the map and paragraph into one readable PDF. If access fails, save the work and tell me.
Anatomy rules, records, and step-by-step helpSubmit one PDF with all five map rows (or an equally labeled sketch) and your paragraph in Wk4 CER: Patient anatomy map. Choose your own section below. Follow its posted due date and check the uploaded preview.
Class still runs. Complete today's work as this page describes (it is self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
Anatomy rules, records, and step-by-step helpSources: slides, readings, and resources▸
Use the deck and optional notes to read Reference R and Model M, then complete the same location map and paragraph. No separate exit response is due.
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