FLASHCARDS: Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

Front

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

Back

Question 3

Rostral

Answer 3

toward the front
animal: toward the head

Question 4

Caudal

Answer 4

Toward the back
Animal: toward the tail

Question 5

Superior

Answer 5

Top; Above

Question 6

Inferior

Answer 6

Bottom; underneath; below

Question 7

Dorsal

Answer 7

Above or superior
Four-legged animal: toward the animals back

Question 8

Ventral

Answer 8

Below or inferior
Four-legged animal: toward the animals stomach

Question 9

Medial

Answer 9

In the middle or center of the brain

Question 10

Lateral

Answer 10

Toward the outside (of the brain)

Question 11

Coronal

Answer 11

Planar view of the brain in which the brain is sliced ear to ear to separate the front from the back

Question 12

horizontal

Answer 12

planar view in whihc the brain is sliced so that the top of the brain is separated from the bottom

Question 13

Sagittal

Answer 13

Planar view in which the brain is cut so that the left side is separated from the right side

Question 14

Midsagittal

Answer 14

Planar view in which the brain is cut down the middle, separating the left side from the right side

Question 15

Nuclei

Answer 15

distinct group of neurons whose cell bodies are all situated in the same region

Question 16

Contralateral

Answer 16

on the opposite side

Question 17

ispsilateral

Answer 17

on the same side

Question 18

Unilateral

Answer 18

one side; one sided

Question 19

bilateral

Answer 19

both sides; two sides

Question 20

proximal

Answer 20

near

Question 21

distal

Answer 21

far