Anatomical Terminologies Laboratory

Question 1

anterior

Answer 1

front

Question 2

ventral

Answer 2

front

Question 3

posterior

Answer 3

back

Question 4

dorsal

Answer 4

back

Question 5

superior

Answer 5

higher

Question 6

cranial

Answer 6

higher (head/brain)

Question 7

inferior

Answer 7

lower

Question 8

caudal

Answer 8

lower (caudal means tail)

Question 9

medial

Answer 9

closer to mid-sagittal line

Question 10

lateral

Answer 10

farther from mid-sagittal line

Question 11

proximal

Answer 11

closer to point of origin (front of body) (“near proximity”)

Question 12

distal

Answer 12

farther away from point of origin (distal= “distant”)

Question 13

deep

Answer 13

away from surface (internal)

Question 14

superficial

Answer 14

toward the surface (external)

Question 15

plantar

Answer 15

sole of foot

Question 16

palmar

Answer 16

palm

Question 17

dorsal

Answer 17

posterior/back of hand/foot

Question 18

supine

Answer 18

palm facing front/anterior (“holding hands out for soup”)

Question 19

prone

Answer 19

palm facing back/posterior

Question 20

flexion

Answer 20

bending or decreasing the angle between bones or muscles

Question 21

extension

Answer 21

straightening or increasing the angle

Question 22

abduction

Answer 22

move away from the median plane

Question 23

adduction

Answer 23

move towards the median plane

Question 24

opposition

Answer 24

thumb to pinkie

Question 25

supination

Answer 25

palms facing up ("hands out for soup")

Question 26

pronation

Answer 26

moving palms facing downs

Question 27

medial rotation

Answer 27

rotating part of body inwards

Question 28

lateral rotation

Answer 28

rotating part of body outwards

Question 29

circumduction

Answer 29

moving arm in circles

Question 30

dorsiflexion

Answer 30

plantar pointing up (anterior)

Question 31

plantar flexion

Answer 31

plantar pushing it posterior (down)

Question 32

inversion

Answer 32

plantar surface inward

Question 33

eversion

Answer 33

plantar surface outward

Question 34

protraction

Answer 34

body part is moving anteriorly from an anatomic position

Question 35

retraction

Answer 35

the body part is moving posteriorly from the anatomic position