Positions and directions

Question 1

front or in front of is…

Answer 1

Anterior or Ventral

Question 2

back or in back of is…

Answer 2

Posterior or Dorsal

Question 3

refers to the head of the body

Answer 3

Cranial

Question 4

means tail end

Answer 4

Caudal

Question 5

Upper or above something

Answer 5

Superior

Question 6

Lower or below something

Answer 6

Inferior

Question 7

toward the middle

Answer 7

Medial

Question 8

Toward the side of the body

Answer 8

Lateral

Question 9

Toward the point of attachment to the body or the trunk of the body

Answer 9

Proximal

Question 10

Away from the point of attachment to the body

Answer 10

Distal

Question 11

Near the surface or outside the body

Answer 11

Superficial (External)

Question 12

Inside the body

Answer 12

Deep (Internal)

Question 13

Decreasing the angle between two bones

Answer 13

Flexion

Question 14

Increasing the angle between two bones

Answer 14

Extension

Question 15

Carrying toward a center

Answer 15

Afferent

Question 16

Carrying away or away from a center

Answer 16

Efferent

Question 17

Moving toward the midline

Answer 17

Adduction

Question 18

Moving away from the midline

Answer 18

Abduction

Question 19

Turning a body part outward

Answer 19

Eversion

Question 20

Turning a body part inward

Answer 20

Inversion

Question 21

turning a body part down part

Answer 21

Pronation

Question 22

Turning a body part upward(as in shrug shoulders, palms up, “what’s up?” )

Answer 22

Supination

Question 23

Toward the sole of the foot

Answer 23

Plantar

Question 24

Toward the palm of the hand

Answer 24

Palmar

Question 25

Turning a body part around it’s own axis

Answer 25

Rotation

Question 26

moving in a circle at a joint, or moving one end of a body part in a circle while the other remains stationary

Answer 26

Circumduction