planes

Question 1

Superior

Answer 1

Toward the top

Question 2

Inferior

Answer 2

Toward the bottom

Question 3

proximal

Answer 3

Structure closer to the rest of the body

Question 4

Distal

Answer 4

structure further to the rest of the body

Question 5

Anterior

Answer 5

Toward the front

Question 6

posterior

Answer 6

Toward the back

Question 7

Dorsal

Answer 7

Posterior (Nervous system or embryological descriptions)

Question 8

Ventral

Answer 8

anterior (in the nervous system and in embryological descriptions of anatomy)

Question 9

Superficial

Answer 9

Your skin is superficial to your muscles

Question 10

deep

Answer 10

your muscles are deep to your skin

Question 11

Axillary

Answer 11

Armpit

Question 12

Brachial

Answer 12

Upper arm

Question 13

Cubital

Answer 13

Elbow

Question 14

Antebrachial

Answer 14

Forearm

Question 15

Carpal

Answer 15

wrist

Question 16

Pollicis

Answer 16

thumb

Question 17

palmar

Answer 17

palm of hand

Question 18

digital

Answer 18

fingers

Question 19

Inguinal

Answer 19

Groin

Question 20

Gluteal

Answer 20

Buttock

Question 21

Femoral

Answer 21

Thigh

Question 22

patellar

Answer 22

Knee

Question 23

Popliteal

Answer 23

back of knee

Question 24

Sural

Answer 24

lower leg

Question 25

Calcaneal

Answer 25

Heel

Question 26

Tarsal

Answer 26

Ankle

Question 27

plantar

Answer 27

bottom of foot

Question 28

Hallucis

Answer 28

big toe

Question 29

Cranial

Answer 29

Head

Question 30

facial

Answer 30

face

Question 31

facial

Answer 31

face

Question 32

Buccal

Answer 32

cheek

Question 33

cervical

Answer 33

neck

Question 34

pectoral

Answer 34

breast

Question 35

thoracic

Answer 35

chest

Question 36

Abdominal

Answer 36

belly

Question 37

dorsal

Answer 37

back

Question 38

lumbar

Answer 38

lowerback

Question 39

Sacral

Answer 39

Between buttocks

Question 40

perineal

Answer 40

Space between genitals and anus

Question 41

Sagital plane

Answer 41

sections or planes divide the body into right and left parts. If that plane is at the center, dividing into equal right and left halves, it is referred to as a midsagittal section or plane

When noding the head, moving in sagital plane

Question 42

Transverse

Answer 42

sections or planes divide the body into superior and inferior parts. A transverse section would show anterior, posterior, right, and left but would have no superior and inferior dimensions. Commonly, transverse planes are called cross-sections.

When shaking the head moving in coronal plane

Question 43

Frontal plane (coronal)

Answer 43

sections or planes divide the body into anterior and posterior parts. A frontal section would show superior, inferior, right, and left but would have no anterior and posterior dimensions. A common alternative name for a frontal plane is a coronal plane.

waving the hand, moving in coronal plane