Chapter 1

Question 1

The Anatomical Position

Answer 1

body is erect

palms, arms and hands face forward

Question 2

for humans:
the body and spinal cord are organized on a?
the brain is organized on a?

Answer 2

vertical axis

horizontal axis

Question 3

Planes and sections 
frontal aka
sagittal 
midsagittal aka
transverse

Answer 3

coronal (front and back of the body)
left and right side of body
literally middle of right and left
horizontal (tp of body and bottom of body)

Question 4

anterior
ventral
posterior 
dorsal 
rostral 
caudal

Answer 4

front
belly or anterior surface
toward rear
pertaining to the back of the body (dorsal fin)
toward the head (for cranial structures a structure anterior to another structure
toward tail or coccyx (same as inferior)

Question 5

medial:
distal:
superior
inferior
superficial
deep:

Answer 5

toward the midline 
away from the midline 
above 
below 
on or near the surface 
farther from the surface

Question 6

peripheral:
lateral:
proximal: 
prone: 
supine:
plantar:
palmar:

Answer 6

away from the center, toward periphery 
toward the side 
nearest to given point of reference 
body is horizontal with face down 
body is horizontal with face up 
related to sole of foot 
related to palm of the hand

Question 7

flexion:
extension:
hyperextension:
ipsilateral:
contralateral:

Answer 7

bending at the joint
opposite of flexion 
extreme extension 
on the same side
on the opposite side