Technical terms of location

Question 1

rostral

Answer 1

twoars the nose

Question 2

caudal

Answer 2

toawrds the tail

Question 3

dorsal

Answer 3

toward the back

Question 4

ventral

Answer 4

toward the belly

Question 5

coronal

Answer 5

XY plane (shoulder to shoulder)

Question 6

axial

Answer 6

XZ plane (hip to hip

Question 7

sagittal

Answer 7

YZ plane (ventral to dorsal)

Question 8

nucleus

Answer 8

cluster of cell bodies in the CNS

Question 9

ganglion

Answer 9

cluster of cell bodies in the PNS

Question 10

anterior

Answer 10

frontal

Question 11

posterior

Answer 11

behind

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

side

Question 13

medial

Answer 13

midline

Question 14

superior/inferior

Answer 14

• above something and blow something

Question 15

Ipsilateral

Answer 15

structures on the same side

Question 16

conterlateral

Answer 16

structure on the opposite side

Question 17

bilateral

Answer 17

structure that lie in both hemispheres

Question 18

proximal

Answer 18

structures that are close together

Question 19

distal

Answer 19

strutures that are far apart to one another

Question 20

erve

Answer 20

collection of neuron axons in PNS

Question 21

tract

Answer 21

collaction of neuron axons in CNS

Question 22

efferent

Answer 22

direction away from the brain

Question 23

afferent

Answer 23

direction towards the brian

Question 24

grey matter

Answer 24

unmyelinated neuronal cell bodies and axons

Question 25

white matter

Answer 25

myeilnated