03 Giving Directions in the Body

Question 1

Superior

Answer 1

Superior means toward the head, upper, or above.

Question 2

What is another word used in place of superior?

Answer 2

Cranial

Question 3

Inferior

Answer 3

Inferior means toward the feet, lower, or below.

Question 4

Anterior

Answer 4

Anterior means front or in front

Question 5

Posterior

Answer 5

Posterior means back or in back of

Question 6

Medial

Answer 6

Medial indicates toward the midline of the body.

Question 7

Midline

Answer 7

The midline is an imaginary line that runs from the center of the head down between the feet

Question 7

Lateral

Answer 7

Lateral means toward the side of the body, or away from the midline

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

Proximal means when a body part is closer to the midline or when a body part is closer to a point of attachment to the trunk of the body.

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

Distal means that the body part is farther from the midline, or the point of attachment to the trunk.

Question 10

Superficial

Answer 10

Superficial, something that is closer to body’s surface

Question 11

Deep

Answer 11

Deep, something that is farther away from the surface.

Question 12

The Sagittal Plane

Answer 12

The Sagittal Plane runs lengthwise from front to back and top to bottom

• These planes divide the body into left and right sides

Question 13

The Transverse Plane

Answer 13

The Transverse Plane is the crosswise plane that divides the body into lower and upper (superior and inferior) segments.
- Sometimes this plane is called the horizontal plane.

Question 14

The Frontal Plane

Answer 14

The Frontal Plane divides the body into the anterior and posterior parts, or front and back.