Directional Terms

Question 0

Median plane

Answer 0

Runs down the center of the body lengthwise and divides it into equal left and right halves.

Question 1

Sagittal plane

Answer 1

Runs the length of the body and divides it into left and right

Question 2

Transverse plane

Answer 2

A plane across the body that divides it in to cranial (head end) and caudal (tail end) parts not necessarily equal.

Question 3

Dorsal plane

Answer 3

A plane at right angles to the sagittal and transverse planes. It decides the body into dorsal (toward the back) and ventral (towards the belly) parts that are not necessarily equal.

Question 4

Cranial

Answer 4

Toward the head

Question 5

Rostral

Answer 5

Toward the tip of the nose, head only.

Question 6

Caudal

Answer 6

Toward the tail end of the body.

Question 7

Dorsal

Answer 7

Toward the belly

Question 8

Ventral

Answer 8

Toward the median plane

Question 9

Medial

Answer 9

Away from the media plane

Question 10

Lateral

Answer 10

Toward the center of the body

Question 11

Superficial

Answer 11

Toward the surface

Question 12

Proximal

Answer 12

Toward the body

Question 13

Distal

Answer 13

Away from the body

Question 14

Palmar

Answer 14

Back of forelimb distal to carpus

Question 15

Plantar

Answer 15

Back if hindlimb distal to tarsus

Question 16

Dorsal

Answer 16

Front of forelimb and hindlimb distal to carpus and tarsus