DOT- Human Anatomy

Question 1

sagittal plane

Answer 1

vertical

left and right halves

Question 2

median

Answer 2

midsagittal plane

equal halves

Question 3

parasagittal

Answer 3

unequal halves

parallel to median sagittal plane

Question 4

front of the body

Answer 4

anterior/ventral

Question 5

back of the body

Answer 5

posterior/dorsal

Question 6

Anterior

Answer 6

ventral

Near the front

Question 7

posterior

Answer 7

dorsal

Near the front

Question 8

superior

Answer 8

cranial

Upward, or near the head

Question 9

inferior

Answer 9

caudal

Downward, or near the feet

Question 10

medial

Answer 10

Toward the midline or median

plane

Question 11

lateral

Answer 11

Farther from the midline or

median plane

Question 12

proximal

Answer 12

near a reference point

Question 13

distal

Answer 13

Away from a reference point

Question 14

superficial

Answer 14

Closer to the surface

Question 15

deep

Answer 15

Farther from the surface

Question 16

frontal plane

Answer 16

coronal
vertical, equal/unequal
divides the body into anterior and posterior
right angles to the median sagittal plane

Question 17

transverse plane

Answer 17

axial
horizontal, equal/unequal
divides the body into superior and infe- rior portions

Question 18

cross sections

Answer 18

transverse plane

right angles to both the median sagittal and the frontal planes

Question 19

enumerate the terms of movement

Answer 19

abduction, adduction
medial rotation, lateral rotation
extension, flexion
elevation, depression
supination, pronation
circumduction
eversion, inversion
dorsiflexion, plantarflexion 
protrusion, recursion