Directions

Question 1

Cranial

Answer 1

Toward the head.

Question 2

Caudal

Answer 2

Toward the tail.

Question 3

Rostral

Answer 3

Within the head and toward the muzzle.

Question 4

Medial

Answer 4

Nearer to or toward the midline.

Question 5

Lateral

Answer 5

Farther from the midline or toward the side.

Question 6

Dorsal

Answer 6

Toward the back.

Question 7

Ventral

Answer 7

Toward the belly.

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

Nearer to the point of origin or closer to the body.

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

Farther from the point of origin or away from the body.

Question 10

Palmar

Answer 10

Caudal surface of the forelimb below the carpus (knee).

Question 11

Plantar

Answer 11

Caudal surface of the hind limb below the tarsus (hock).

Question 12

Dorsal (frontal) plane

Answer 12

A section through the side of the body, passing at right angles to the median plane and dividing the body into dorsal and ventral portions.

Question 13

Median (midsagittal, midline) plane

Answer 13

An imaginary plane that passes form the front to the back through the center of the body and divides the body into right and left equal portions.

Question 14

Sagittal plane

Answer 14

A section parallel to the long axis of the body or parallel to the median plane, dividing the body into right and left unequal parts.

Question 15

Transverse plane (cross-sectional)

Answer 15

A perpendicular transection to the long axis of the trunk, head, limb, or other appendage.

Question 16

Recumbent

Answer 16

Lying down.

Question 17

Ventrally recumbent

Answer 17

Lying down on the belly.

Question 18

Sternally recumbent (prone)

Answer 18

Lying down on the breastbone (sternum).

Question 19

Dorsally recumbent (supine)

Answer 19

Lying down on the backbone (vertebrae)

Question 20

Laterally recumbent

Answer 20

Lying down on the side.

Question 21

Left laterally recumbent

Answer 21

Lying down on the left side.

Question 22

Right laterally recumbent

Answer 22

Lying down on the right side.