Bones & Muscles - Anatomical Terms & Directions

Question 1

Inferior

Answer 1

Refers to something being closer to the ground than something else

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

Refers to the back of the body (i.e. everything you can see of a subject standing in anatomical position when you view them from the back

Question 3

Distal

Answer 3

Refers to structures on a limb, that are further from the attachment of said limb to the trunk of the body

Question 4

Anterior

Answer 4

Refers to the front of the body (i.e. everything you can see of a subject standing in anatomical position when you view them head on

Question 5

Medial

Answer 5

Refers to something being closer to the midline than something else

Question 6

Superior

Answer 6

Refers to something being higher (more towards the head) than something else

Question 7

Proximal

Answer 7

Refers to structures on a limb, that are closer to the attachment of said limb to the trunk of the body

Question 8

Lateral

Answer 8

Refers to something that is further away from the midline than something else