Directional Terms

Question 1

away from the head end or toward the lower part of the body

Answer 1

inferior (caudal)

Question 2

toward the front or belly side

Answer 2

anterior (ventral)

Question 3

toward the back

Answer 3

posterior (dorsal)

Question 4

towards the midline which is an imaginary line that extends vertically down the middle of the front outside surface of the body

Answer 4

medial

Question 5

away from the midline

Answer 5

lateral

Question 6

toward the surface of the body

Answer 6

superficial (external)

Question 7

inward from the surface of the body

Answer 7

deep (internal)

Question 8

toward a structures origin or point of attachment to the trunk

Answer 8

proximal

Question 9

away from a structures origin or point of attachment to the trunk

Answer 9

distal

Question 10

between two structures

Answer 10

intermediate

Question 11

pertaining to or forming the outer wall of a body cavity

Answer 11

parietal

Question 12

pertaining to the covering of an organ (viscus) within the central body cavity

Answer 12

visceral

Question 13

toward the head end or upper part of the body

Answer 13

superior (cranial)