Lesson 1 Anatomical position

Question 1

What term describes the front of the body?

Answer 1

Anterior

Question 2

What term describes the back of the body?

Answer 2

Posterior

Question 3

What term describes the top of the head?

Answer 3

Superior

Question 4

What term describes the bottom of the feet?

Answer 4

Inferior

Question 5

What term describes closer to the midline of the body?

Answer 5

Medial

Question 6

What term describes further from the midline of the body?

Answer 6

Lateral

Question 7

What term describes towards the surface of the body?

Answer 7

Superficial

Question 8

What term describes away from the surface of the body?

Answer 8

Deep

Question 9

True or False: Proximal means farther from the point of attachment.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

True or False: Distal means closer to the point of attachment.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Fill in the blank: The elbow is ________ to the wrist.

Answer 11

Proximal

Question 12

Fill in the blank: The knee is ________ to the thigh.

Answer 12

Distal

Question 13

What term describes the back of the hand?

Answer 13

Dorsal

Question 14

What term describes the area surrounding the brain?

Answer 14

Cranial

Question 15

What term describes the area surrounding the spinal cord?

Answer 15

Ventral