Equine Anatomy

Question 1

dorsal

Answer 1

away from the ground

Question 2

ventral

Answer 2

towards the ground

Question 3

cranial

Answer 3

towards the head

Question 4

caudal

Answer 4

towards the tail

Question 5

rostral

Answer 5

towards the nose

Question 6

palmar

Answer 6

part below the knee in the most caudal part of the leg

Question 7

plantar

Answer 7

the part below the knee on most caudal part of the hind leg

Question 8

medial

Answer 8

towards the medial plane

Question 9

lateral

Answer 9

farther from the median plane

Question 10

proximal

Answer 10

nearest to the trunk or point of origin of a limb, vessel, nerve, or organ

Question 11

distal

Answer 11

father from the trunk, point of origin, vessel, nerve, or organ

Question 12

superficial

Answer 12

near the surface

Question 13

deep

Answer 13

farther from the surface

Question 14

peripheral

Answer 14

distant from its point of origin; near the body’s surface

Question 15

median (midsagittal) plane

Answer 15

on midline, divides body into equal left and right sides

Question 16

sagittal plane

Answer 16

divides the body into unequal right and left sides

Question 17

transverse plane

Answer 17

divides head into cranial and caudal parts, perpendicular to median

Question 18

frontal plane

Answer 18

divides body into dorsal and ventral parts

Question 19

cross section

Answer 19

a plane perpendicular to a organ/limb’s long dimension

Question 20

longitudinal section

Answer 20

a plane parallel to a limb or organ’s long dimension