Descriptive terms

Question 1

Descriptive term: toward the head

Answer 1

Cranial

Question 2

Descriptive term: Cranial

Answer 2

Toward the head

Question 3

Descriptive term:toward the tail

Answer 3

caudal

Question 4

Descriptive term: Caudal

Answer 4

Toward the tail

Question 5

Descriptive term: Rostral

Answer 5

To the head

Question 6

Descriptive term: to the head

Answer 6

Rostral

Question 7

Descriptive term: divides the body into equal right and left halves

Answer 7

Median plane

Question 8

Descriptive term: Median plane

Answer 8

divides the body into equal right and left halves

Question 9

Descriptive term: any plane parallel to the median plane (midsagittal plane)

Answer 9

Sagittal plane

Question 10

Descriptive term: Sagittal plane

Answer 10

Any plane parallel to the median plane

Question 11

Descriptive term: Plane divides body into cranial and caudal segments (where the cinch lies)

Answer 11

Transverse

Question 12

Descriptive term: Transverse

Answer 12

Plane divides body body into cranial and caudal segments (where the cinch lies)

Question 13

Descriptive term: Divides the body into dorsal and ventral segments

Answer 13

horizontal plane

Question 14

Descriptive term: close to or toward the median plane

Answer 14

Median

Question 15

Descriptive term: Median

Answer 15

close to or toward the median plane

Question 16

Descriptive term: away from the median plane

Answer 16

Lateral

Question 17

Descriptive term: Lateral

Answer 17

away from the median plane

Question 18

Descriptive term: toward or beyond the backbone or vertebral column

Answer 18

Dorsal

Question 19

Descriptive term:Dorsal

Answer 19

toward or beyond the backbone or vertebral column

Question 20

Descriptive term: away from the vertebral column

Answer 20

Ventral

Question 21

Descriptive term: ventral

Answer 21

away from the vertebral column

Question 22

Descriptive term: proximity to the center of an anatomical structure

Answer 22

deep and internal

Question 23

Descriptive term: deep and internal

Answer 23

proximity to the center of an anatomical structure

Question 24

Descriptive term: proximity to the surface of the body

Answer 24

superficial and external

Question 25

Descriptive term: superficial and external

Answer 25

proximity to the surface of the body

Question 26

Descriptive term: relatively close to a given part

Answer 26

proximal

Question 27

Descriptive term: proximal

Answer 27

relatively close to a given part

Question 28

Descriptive term: farther from the vertebral column

Answer 28

distal

Question 29

Descriptive term: distal

Answer 29

farther from the vertebral column

Question 30

Descriptive term: the flexor or caudal surface

Answer 30

palmar

Question 31

Descriptive term: palmar

Answer 31

the flexor or caudal surface

Question 32

Descriptive term: refer to the opposite side

Answer 32

dorsal

Question 33

Descriptive term: dorsal

Answer 33

refer to the opposite side

Question 34

Descriptive term: caudal surface

Answer 34

plantar

Question 35

Descriptive term: plantar

Answer 35

caudal surface

Question 36

Descriptive term: act of turning toward a prone position

Answer 36

pronation

Question 37

Descriptive term: pronation

Answer 37

act of turning toward a prone position

Question 38

Descriptive term: position in which dorsal aspect of the body or palmar is uppermost

Answer 38

supine

Question 39

Descriptive term: supine

Answer 39

position in which dorsal aspect of the body or palmar is upper most

Question 40

Descriptive term: decrease the angle between segments making up a joint

Answer 40

flexion

Question 41

Descriptive term: flexion

Answer 41

decrease the angle between segments making up a joint

Question 42

Descriptive term: increase the angle forming between segments

Answer 42

extension

Question 43

Descriptive term: extension

Answer 43

increase the angle forming between segments

Question 44

Descriptive term: movement is which the angle between segments is increased beyond 180 degrees or a straight line

Answer 44

hyperextension

Question 45

Descriptive term: hyperextension

Answer 45

movement is which the angle between segments is increased beyond 180 degrees or a straight line

Question 46

Descriptive term: movement of an extremity toward the median plane

Answer 46

Adduction

Question 47

Descriptive term: adduction

Answer 47

movement of an extremity toward the median plane

Question 48

Descriptive term: movement of an extremity away from the median plane

Answer 48

abduction

Question 49

Descriptive term: horizontal plane

Answer 49

divides the body into dorsal and ventral segments

Question 50

Descriptive term: abduction

Answer 50

movement of an extremity away from the median plane