Anatomical Terminology

Question 1

Ventral

Answer 1

Toward the belly of an animal

Question 2

Dorsal

Answer 2

Toward the back of an animal

Question 3

Medial

Answer 3

Toward the body midline or in the center

Question 4

Lateral

Answer 4

On the side

Question 5

Proximal

Answer 5

Toward an origin or closest to the body midline

Question 6

Distal

Answer 6

Farther away from an origin or farther from the body midline

Question 7

Superficial

Answer 7

Toward the surface

Question 8

Deep

Answer 8

Away from the surface

Question 9

Rostral

Answer 9

Toward the nose

Question 10

Caudal

Answer 10

Toward the tail

Question 11

Palmar

Answer 11

Surface contact area of forepaw

Question 12

Plantar

Answer 12

Surface contact area of hindpaw

Question 13

Transect

Answer 13

Cut

Question 14

Abduction

Answer 14

Movement of part away from
median plane

Question 15

Adduction

Answer 15

Movement toward the median
plane

Question 16

Rotation

Answer 16

Movement of part around axis

Question 17

Supination

Answer 17

Lateral rotation, palmar or plantar surface of paw faces medially

Question 18

Pronation

Answer 18

Medial rotation, palmar or plantar surface of paw faces laterally

Question 19

Frontal plane

Answer 19

Runs horizontal to divide
the specimen into dorsal
and ventral parts

Question 20

Transverse plane

Answer 20

Runs through the midsection of the body. This plane divides the body into cranial and caudal regions.

Question 21

Sagittal plane

Answer 21

Divides specimen into right and left sides

Question 23

Median plane

Answer 23

Divides specimen into equal right and left sides

Question 24

Tendon

Answer 24

A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment

Question 25

Aponeurosis

Answer 25

A sheetlike fibrous membrane, resembling a flattened tendon, that serves as a fascia to bind muscles together or as a means of connecting muscle to bone.

Question 26

Fascia

Answer 26

A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating, or binding together muscles, organs, and other soft structures of the body

Question 27

Ligament

Answer 27

A sheet or band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages at a joint or supporting an organ

Question 28

Antagonist

Answer 28

A muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle, the agonist.

Question 29

Linea alba

Answer 29

A fibrous band that runs vertically along the center of the anterior abdominal wall and receives the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles. Also called white line.