ANATOMICAL AND DIRECTIONAL TERMS

Question 1

anterior

Answer 1

towards or at the front of the body; in front

Question 2

posterior

Answer 2

towards or at the back of the body; behind.

Question 3

superior

Answer 3

above, towards the head

Question 4

inferior

Answer 4

below, away from the head

Question 5

proximal

Answer 5

closer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk

Question 6

distal

Answer 6

further from the attachment of a limb to the trunk

Question 7

medial

Answer 7

towards or at the body’s longitudinal midline

Question 8

lateral

Answer 8

away from the bodys’s longitudinal midline

Question 9

supine

Answer 9

lying up down, palms facing up

Question 10

prone

Answer 10

lying face down, palms facing the floor

Question 11

superficial

Answer 11

towards or at the body surface

Question 12

deep

Answer 12

away from the body surface

Question 13

transverse plane

Answer 13

a horizontal plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions

Question 14

frontal plane

Answer 14

a vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 15

mid-sagittal plane

Answer 15

a vertical plane that passes through the midline of the body and divides the body into equal left and right portions

Question 16

para-sagittal

Answer 16

a vertical plane that does not pass through the midline of the body and divides the body into unequal left and right portions

Question 17

oblique plane

Answer 17

a diagonal plane that divides the body at an angle