Ch 1 Fundamental and Applied directional Terms

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

A directional term meaning toward the front (of a human body)

Question 2

Caudal

Answer 2

A directional term meaning toward the tail end of an animal

Question 3

Caudocranial

Answer 3

Between the head and the tail

Question 4

Contralateral

Answer 4

The opposite side of the body or structure

Question 5

Cranial

Answer 5

A direction term meaning toward the head of the animal

Question 6

Cranium

Answer 6

The cranial portion of the dorsal body cavity formed from the skull bones it houses the brain

Question 6

Craniocaudal

Answer 6

Used to describe the location of structures along the body’s long axis relative to the head

Question 7

Distal

Answer 7

A directional term used only for extremities of the body it implies a position or direction away from the body proper

Question 8

Dorsal

Answer 8

A directional term meaning toward the top of the animal when it is standing on all four legs toward the backbone

Question 9

Dorsopalmal

Answer 9

Describes the top and the bottom of the paw

Question 10

Dorsoplantar

Answer 10

A view of the lower hind leg

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

A directional term meaning away from the median plane of the body

Question 12

Lateromedial

Answer 12

how close something is to the midline or the median plane

Question 13

Medial

Answer 13

Directional term meaning toward the median plane of the body

Question 14

Mediolateral

Answer 14

A direction or axis that extends from side to side or from median to lateral

Question 15

Palmar

Answer 15

Caudal surface of the forelimb from the carpus distally

Question 16

Plantar

Answer 16

Caudal surface of the hindlimb from the tarsus distally

Question 17

Posterior

Answer 17

A directional term meaning toward the back of the human body

Question 18

Proximal

Answer 18

A directional term used only for the extremities of the body it implies a position of direction toward the body proper

Question 19

Rostral

Answer 19

Toward the tip of the nose

Question 20

Ventral

Answer 20

To the bottom surface