Mississippi Science HAP.1.1
The Standard
- HAP.1
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how anatomical structures and physiological functions are organized and described using anatomical positions.
Apply appropriate anatomical terminology when explaining the orientation of regions, directions, and body planes or sections.
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Physiological Functions/Anatomical Structure
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use anatomical position to describe body regions and where one structure sits relative to another. They identify sagittal, frontal, and transverse planes and explain what each cut separates.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a body diagram, a student can say the wrist is distal to the elbow and the heart is medial to the lungs. They can draw each body plane and label the sections it makes.
Common Misconceptions
- Students use their own left and right instead of the pictured person's. They confuse proximal and distal with up and down. Some think a frontal cut separates left and right.
How to Assess It
- Give students a front-view body diagram. Ask them to mark the person's left hand, describe the knee relative to the ankle, and draw a transverse cut.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have pairs place strips of tape on a clay figure to show sagittal, frontal, and transverse cuts, then label each.
Show a front-view body diagram and ask, 'Whose left is labeled left, and is the heart medial to the lungs?'
Give pairs direction cards and a body diagram; one describes the knee relative to the ankle, and the other checks.
Show an axial abdominal CT image; students name its plane and describe the spine as posterior to the stomach.
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Related Standards
- HAP.1.2
Locate organs and their applicable body cavities and systems.
- HAP.1
Students will demonstrate an understanding of how anatomical structures and physiological functions are organized and described using anatomical positions.
- HAP.5.1
Develop and use models to illustrate muscle structure, muscle locations and groups, actions, origins, and insertions.
- HAP.4.2
Develop and use models to identify and classify major bones as part of the appendicular or axial skeleton.
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