Chapter 3: Directional Terms

Question 1

caudad

KAW-dad

Answer 1

toward the tail (or the inferior portion of the trunk; downward)

Question 2

cephalad

SEF-a-lad

Answer 2

toward the head (upward)

Question 3

lateral (lat)

LAT-er-al

Answer 3

pertaining to a side

Question 4

medial (med)

MĒ-dē-al

Answer 4

pertaining to the middle

Question 5

unilateral

ū-ni-LAT-er-al

Answer 5

pertaining to one side (only)

Question 6

bilateral

bī-LAT-er-al

Answer 6

pertaining to two sides

Question 7

mediolateral

mē-dē-Ō-LAT-er-al

Answer 7

pertaining to the middle and to the side

Question 8

distal

DIS-tal

Answer 8

pertaining to away (from the point of attachment of a body part)

Question 9

proximal

PROK-si-mal

Answer 9

pertaining to near (to the point of attachment of a body part)

Question 10

inferior (inf)

in-FER-ē-or

Answer 10

pertaining to below

Question 11

superior

sū-PĒR-ē-or

Answer 11

pertaining to above

Question 12

caudal

KAW-dal

Answer 12

pertaining to the tail (synonymous with inferior in human anatomy when specifying location in the trunk of the body)

Question 13

cephalic

se-FAL-ik

Answer 13

pertaining to the head

Question 14

anterior (ant)

an-TĒR-ē-or

Answer 14

pertaining to the front

Question 15

posterior

pos-TĒR-ē-or

Answer 15

pertaining to the back

Question 16

dorsal

DOR-sal

Answer 16

pertaining to the back

Question 17

ventral

VEN-tral

Answer 17

pertaining to the belly (front)

Question 18

anteroposterior (AP)

an-ter-ō-pos-TĒR-ē-or

Answer 18

pertaining to the front and to the back

Question 19

posteroanterior (PA)

pos-ter-ō-an-TĒR-ē-or

Answer 19

pertaining to the back and to the front