Ch 4 - Directional Terms

Question 1

Define abduction

Answer 1

movement away from the midsagittal plane of the body or one of its parts

Question 2

Define adduction

Answer 2

movement toward the midsagittal plane of the body

Question 3

Define medial

Answer 3

pertaining to the midline of the body or structure

Question 4

Define lateral

Answer 4

pertaining to a side

Question 5

Define superior (cephalad)

Answer 5

toward the head or upper portion of a structure

Question 6

Define inferior (caudal)

Answer 6

away from the head or toward the tail or lower part of a structure

Question 7

another word for superior

Answer 7

cephalad

Question 8

another word for inferior

Answer 8

caudal

Question 9

Define proximal

Answer 9

nearer to the center (trunk of the body), or to the point of attachment to the body

Question 10

Define distal

Answer 10

further from the center (trunk of the body) , or from the point of attachment to the body

Question 11

Define anterior (ventral)

Answer 11

front of the body

Question 12

Define posterior (dorsal)

Answer 12

back of the body

Question 13

another word for anterior

Answer 13

ventral

Question 14

another word for posterior

Answer 14

dorsal

Question 15

Define parietal

Answer 15

pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity

Question 16

Define visceral

Answer 16

pertaining to the viscera, or internal organs, especially the abdominal organs

Question 17

Define prone

Answer 17

lying on the abdomen, face down

Question 18

Define supine

Answer 18

lying horizontally on the back, face up

Question 19

Define inversion

Answer 19

turning inward or inside out

Question 20

Define eversion

Answer 20

turning outward

Question 21

Define palmar

Answer 21

pertaining to the palm of the hand

Question 22

Define plantar

Answer 22

pertaining to the sole of the foot

Question 23

Define superficial

Answer 23

toward the surface of the body (external)

Question 24

Define deep

Answer 24

away from the surface of the body (internal)

Question 25

Define cephalad

Answer 25

toward the head

Question 26

Define caudal

Answer 26

toward the tail