Chapter 1 Language of Anatomy

Question 1

Superior

Answer 1

toward the head or upper part of body or above

Question 2

Inferior

Answer 2

away from the head or toward the lower body or below

Question 3

Anterior

Answer 3

toward the front of the body or front of

Question 4

Posterior

Answer 4

Toward the back of the body or behind

Question 5

Medial

Answer 5

toward the midline of the body or inner side

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Away from the midline of the body or on the outer side

Question 7

intermediate

Answer 7

between a more medial and a more lateral structure

Question 8

proximal

Answer 8

Closer to the point of attachment of a limb

Question 9

distal

Answer 9

farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Question 10

superficial

Answer 10

toward the body surface

Question 11

deep

Answer 11

away from the body surface

Question 12

sagittal plane

Answer 12

longitudinal or lengthwise cut, left and right side

Question 13

median or midsagittal plane

Answer 13

sagittal plane that lies exactly in the midline

Question 14

frontal or coronal section

Answer 14

cut lengthwise that divides body into posterior and anterior

Question 15

transverse or cross section

Answer 15

cut horizontally, divides body to Superior and inferior

Question 16

dorsal body cavity

Answer 16

cranial cavity and spinal cavity

Question 17

cranial cavity

Answer 17

skull that protects the brain

Question 18

spinal/ vertebrae cavity

Answer 18

from cranial to end of spinal cord

Question 19

ventral body cavity

Answer 19

thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity

Question 20

thoracic cavity

Answer 20

lungs and heart

Question 21

abdominopelvic

Answer 21

abdomen- contains stomach, liver, intestines

pelvic-reproductive organ, bladder, rectum