Directional Terms

Question 1

Transverse plane

Answer 1

Divides the body into inferior and superior portions

Question 2

Frontal plane

Answer 2

Divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 3

Median plane

Answer 3

Separates the body into left and right portions

Question 4

Superior

Answer 4

Situated above another structure

Question 5

External

Answer 5

Outside

Question 6

Internal

Answer 6

Inside

Question 7

The anatomical position

Answer 7

Facing you, palms open, legs outstretched, thumbs out, feet outstretched

Question 8

Anterior

Answer 8

Front of the body

Question 9

Inferior

Answer 9

Below another structure

Question 10

Distal

Answer 10

Farthest from the center

Question 11

Deep

Answer 11

Away from the surface of the body

Question 12

Superficial

Answer 12

Near the surface of the body

Question 13

Peripheral

Answer 13

Away from the centre

Question 14

Central

Answer 14

Centre

Question 15

Posterior

Answer 15

The back of the body

Question 16

Name the cavities

Answer 16

Cranial
Spinal
Pleural
Thoracic
Pericardial
Abdominopevic

Question 17

Lateral

Answer 17

Away from the midline

Question 18

Proximal

Answer 18

Near to the trunk of the body

Question 19

Medial

Answer 19

The closest to the midline

Question 20

Circumduction

Answer 20

The distal end describes a circle while proximal end remains fixed

Question 21

Dorsal

Answer 21

Near the back

Question 22

Ventral

Answer 22

Underside