Direction

Question 1

Anterior or ventral

Answer 1

Toward the front of the body

Question 2

Posterior or dorsal

Answer 2

Toward the back of the body

Question 3

Cranial

Answer 3

Toward the heads of the body

Question 4

Causal

Answer 4

Tell end of the body

Question 5

Superior

Answer 5

A part above another part

Question 6

Inferior

Answer 6

A part below another part

Question 7

Medial

Answer 7

Toward the midline of the body

Question 8

Lateral

Answer 8

Away from the midline of the body, toward the side

Question 9

Proximal

Answer 9

Toward the point of attachment to the body

Question 10

Distal

Answer 10

Away from the point of attachment to the body

Question 11

Parietal

Answer 11

A membrane that covers an internal body wall

Question 12

Visceral

Answer 12

A membrane that covers an organ

Question 13

Sagittal

Answer 13

A plane that runs down through the body dividing the body into left and right portions.

Question 14

Frontal/coronal

Answer 14

A plane that runs perpendicular to the sagittal plane and divides the body into anterior and posterior/front and back/ portions.

Question 15

Transverse plane

Answer 15

Horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions, also called cross-section.