(Tıp, İlaç) The supine position (pronounced /ˈsuːpaɪn/) is a position of the body: lying down with the face up, as opposed to the prone position, which is face down, sometimes with the hands behind the head or neck. When used in surgical procedures, it allows access to the peritoneal, thoracic and pericardial regions; as well as the head, neck and extremities. A study claims that people solve anagrams significantly faster when supine than when standing
offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
Pertaining to a posture in which the anterior portion of the body faces upward, the torso is aligned parallel to the reference surface, and the hips and knees are extended