EPHE 141 Anatomical Regions And Directions

Question 1

What does anterior mean

Answer 1

Towards or located on the front surface of the body (ex: the sternum is anterior to the heart because it lies in front of it)

Question 2

What does posterior mean

Answer 2

Towards or located on the back surface of the body (ex: The heart is posterior to the sternum because it lies behind it)

Question 3

What does medial mean

Answer 3

Closer to or moving towards the midline, which divides the body into equal right and left halves (ex: The nose is medial to the ears)

Question 4

What does lateral mean?

Answer 4

Further away or moving further away from the midline of the body (ex: The ears are lateral to the nose)

Question 5

What does superior (cranial, cephalic) mean?

Answer 5

Closer to or moving closer towards the head (ex: The lungs are superior to the stomach)

Question 6

What does inferior (caudal) mean?

Answer 6

Closer to, or moving closer to the feet (The stomach is posterior to the lungs)

Question 7

What does proximal mean?

Answer 7

In the limbs, located closer to the point of attachment of the limb to the body (ex: in the legs, the knee is proximal to the ankle because it is closer to the leg attachment to the hip)

Question 8

What does distal mean?

Answer 8

In the limbs, located further from the point of attachment of the limb to the body (ex: In the arm, the fingers are distal to the elbow)

Question 9

What does distal mean?

Answer 9

In the limbs, located further from the point of attachment of the limb to the body (ex: In the arm, the fingers are distal to the elbow)

Question 10

What does superficial mean?

Answer 10

Located on or closer to the external surface of the body (ex: skin is superficial to muscles and bones)

Question 11

What does “deep” refer to in terms of anatomy?

Answer 11

Located further away from the external surface of the body (ex: bones are deep to the skin)

Question 12

Region name for stomach portion of torso

Answer 12

Abdominal

Question 13

Region name for shoulder area

Answer 13

Acromial or Deltoid

Question 14

Region name for portion of the forearm (upper limb between the elbow and wrist)

Answer 14

Antebrachial

Question 15

What is the region name for the anterior surface (front) of the elbow?

Answer 15

Antecubital

Question 16

What is the region name for armpit?

Answer 16

Axillary

Question 17

What is the region name for the portion of the arm between the shoulder and elbow

Answer 17

Brachial

Question 18

What is the region name for the cheek area

Answer 18

Buccal

Question 19

What is the region name for the heel of the foot

Answer 19

Calcaneal

Question 20

What is the region name for the wrist

Answer 20

Carpal

Question 21

What is the region name for the head

Answer 21

Cephalic

Question 22

What is the region name for the neck

Answer 22

Cervical

Question 23

What is the region name for the hip

Answer 23

Coxal

Question 24

What is the region name for the skull

Answer 24

Cranial

Question 25

What is the region name for the lower limb area (between the knee and ankle)

Answer 25

Crural

Question 26

What is the region name for fingers and toes

Answer 26

Digital or phalangeal region

Question 27

What is the region name for posterior surface of torso or “back”

Answer 27

Dorsal

Question 28

What is the region name for the posterior surface of the hand (back of hand or top of the foot)

Answer 28

Dorsum

Question 29

What is the region name for face

Answer 29

Facial

Question 30

What is the region name for the lower limb between the hip and knee (thigh)

Answer 30

Femoral

Question 31

What is the region name for the forehead area?

Answer 31

Frontal

Question 32

What is the region name for buttocks

Answer 32

Gluteal

Question 33

What is the region name for big toe

Answer 33

Hallux

Question 34

What is the region name for the junction between the torso and thigh (groin)

Answer 34

Inguinal

Question 35

What is the region name for lower back?

Answer 35

Lumbar

Question 36

What is the region name for breast tissue and pectoral muscles

Answer 36

Mammary

Question 37

What is the region name for the hand

Answer 37

Manus or Manuel

Question 38

What is the region name for chin

Answer 38

Mental

Question 39

What is the region name for nose

Answer 39

Nasal

Question 40

What is the region name for eye

Answer 40

Ocular

Question 41

What is the region name for the posterior surface or back of the elbow

Answer 41

Olecranal (olecranon)

Question 42

What is the region name for mouth

Answer 42

Oral

Question 43

What is the region name for eye socket

Answer 43

Orbital

Question 44

What is the region name for ear

Answer 44

Otic (auricular)

Question 45

What is the region name for palm of hand?

Answer 45

Palmar

Question 46

What is the region name for kneecap

Answer 46

Patellar

Question 47

What is the region name for pelvis

Answer 47

Pelvic

Question 48

What is the region name for the area below the pelvis that contains the external genitalia and anus

Answer 48

Perineal

Question 49

What is the region name for the foot

Answer 49

Pes

Question 50

What is the region name for the sole of the foot

Answer 50

Plantar

Question 51

What is the region name for the thumb

Answer 51

Pollex

Question 52

What is the region name for the posterior surface (back) of knee

Answer 52

Popliteal

Question 53

What is the region name for the anterior part of the pelvis

Answer 53

Pubic

Question 54

What is the region name for the posterior part of the pelvis

Answer 54

Sacral

Question 55

What is the region name for the sternum

Answer 55

Sternal

Question 56

What is the region name for calf

Answer 56

Sural

Question 57

What is the region name for the ankle

Answer 57

Tarsal

Question 58

What is the region name for chest

Answer 58

Thoracic

Question 59

What is the region name for belly button

Answer 59

Umbilical