Directional Terms

Question 1

coronal

Answer 1

a frontal section cut through the head or the skull

Question 2

frontal

Answer 2

a midline section cut from side to side of the body

Question 3

sagittal

Answer 3

a midline section cut from front to back

Question 4

transverse

Answer 4

a section cut parallel to the floor

Question 5

vertical

Answer 5

a section cut at 90% to the floor

Question 6

anterior

Answer 6

toward the front of the body

Question 7

cranial

Answer 7

in the area of the head or toward the head

Question 8

distal

Answer 8

away from the body

Question 9

dorsal

Answer 9

toward the back of the body (back of the hand, top of the foot)

Question 10

external

Answer 10

outside the body

Question 11

frontal

Answer 11

toward the front

Question 12

inferior

Answer 12

below

Question 13

internal

Answer 13

inside the body

Question 14

lateral

Answer 14

toward the side

Question 15

medial

Answer 15

toward the midline

Question 16

posterior

Answer 16

toward the back

Question 17

proximal

Answer 17

toward the body

Question 18

superficial

Answer 18

toward the surface of the body

Question 19

superior

Answer 19

above

Question 20

ventral

Answer 20

toward the abdomen

Question 21

ala

Answer 21

a wing-like structure

Question 22

articular surface

Answer 22

a joint

Question 23

cranium

Answer 23

the bones of the head collectively, or more specifically the bones of the head excluding the race

Question 24

diaphysis

Answer 24

shaft of a long bone, a primary center of ossification

Question 25

epiphysis

Answer 25

a secondary center for ossification or the extremity of of a bone expanded for articulation

Question 26

facet

Answer 26

a small, smooth, somewhat flat surface

Question 27

foramen

Answer 27

a round or oval hole passing through a bone or a membranous structure

Question 28

shaft

Answer 28

the major portion of a long bone