Anatomical Terminology

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Caudal

Answer 0

Latin: cauda = tail

Toward the tail

Question 1

Cranial

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Of or pertaining to the cranium or skull

Question 2

Rostral

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Latin: rostrum = beak

Nearness to the corpus callosum (thick band of nerve fibers)

Question 3

Superior

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Comparative of Latin “superus” = above

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Inferior

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Latin: lower down

Farther from the head end

Question 5

Dorsal

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Latin: dorsum = back

Question 6

Ventral

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Underside of an animal or plant; abdominal

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Posterior

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Latin: post = behind

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Anterior

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Latin: ante = before ; in front

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Lateral

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Latin: latus = side

Nearer the side

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Medial

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Latin: medius = middle

Nearer the median plane

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Distal

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Latin: di = apart. Stans = standing

Standing apart ; farther from a given point, usually the root of a limb

Question 12

Proximal

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Latin: proxime = nearest

Nearer to the root of a limb

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Sagittal plane

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Latin: Sagitta = arrow

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Transverse plane

Answer 14

Perpendicular to the long axis

Question 15

Frontal (coronal) plane

Answer 15

Latin: frontis = of the forehead or coronal