Anatomical terms

Question 1

Transverse Plane

Answer 1

A plane that is parallel to the ground, such that it divides the body into inferior and superior.

Question 2

Frontal plane

Answer 2

A plane that is perpendicular to the ground, such that it divides the body into anterior and posterior.

Question 3

Coronal plane

Answer 3

A frontal plane through the head

Question 4

Sagittal plane (medial plane)

Answer 4

A plane that is perpendicular to the ground, such that it divides the body into left and right

Question 5

Midsagittal plane

Answer 5

A sagittal plane at the midline that cuts the body into equal halves

Question 6

Parasagittal plane

Answer 6

A sagittal plane that is offset from the midline

Question 7

Axial

Answer 7

Forming the bodys main axis

Question 8

Appendicular

Answer 8

The appendages attached to the bodys axis

Question 9

Superior

Answer 9

A structure above another

Question 10

Cephalic

Answer 10

Referring to the head

Question 11

Inferior

Answer 11

A structure below another

Question 12

Caudal

Answer 12

A structure closer to the tail

Question 13

Anterior

Answer 13

Toward the front of the body

Question 14

Posterior

Answer 14

Toward the back of the body

Question 15

Ventral

Answer 15

Toward the belly

Question 16

Dorsal

Answer 16

Toward the back

Question 17

Medial

Answer 17

Toward the midline of the body

Question 18

Lateral

Answer 18

Away from the midline of hte body

Question 19

Intermediate

Answer 19

Located between two structures

Question 20

Proximal

Answer 20

On the appendicular skeleton, a structure closer to the point of attachment to the axial skeleton than another structure

Question 21

Distal

Answer 21

On the appendicular skeleton, a structure further away from the point of attachment to the axial skeleton than another structure

Question 22

Superficial (external)

Answer 22

A structure toward or at the surface of the body

Question 23

Deep (internal)

Answer 23

A structure away from the surface of the body