Anatomical Position

Question 1

Midsagittal

Answer 1

median plane

Question 2

Coronal

Answer 2

frontal plane

Question 3

Transverse

Answer 3

horizontal plane

Question 4

superior (cephalad)

Answer 4

toward the head or upper portion of a structure

Question 5

posterior (dorsal)

Answer 5

back of the body

Question 6

anterior (ventral)

Answer 6

front of the body

Question 7

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 7

Away from the head, or toward the tail or lower part of a structure

Question 8

lateral

Answer 8

pertaining to a side

Question 9

medial

Answer 9

pertaining to the midline of the body or structure

Question 10

abduction

Answer 10

movement away from the midsagittal (median) plane of the body or one of its parts.

Question 11

adduction

Answer 11

movement toward the midsagittal (median) plane of the body

Question 12

proximal

Answer 12

nearer the center (trunk of the body) or to the point of attachment to the body

Question 13

distal

Answer 13

further from the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body.

Question 14

Parietal

Answer 14

pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity

Question 15

visceral

Answer 15

pertaining to the viscera, or internal organs, especially the abdominal organs

Question 16

prone

Answer 16

lying on the abdomen, face down

Question 17

supine

Answer 17

lying horizontally on the back, face up

Question 18

inversion

Answer 18

turning inward or inside out

Question 19

eversion

Answer 19

turning outward

Question 20

palmar

Answer 20

pertaining to the palm of the hand

Question 21

plantar

Answer 21

pertaining to the sole of the foot

Question 22

superficial

Answer 22

toward the surface of the body (external)

Question 23

deep

Answer 23

away from the surface of the body (internal)