The Language Of Anatomy

Question 1

Abdominal

Answer 1

Anterior body trunk region inferior to the ribs

Question 2

Acromial

Answer 2

Point of the shoulder

Question 3

Antebrachial

Answer 3

Forearm

Question 4

Antecubital

Answer 4

Anterior surface of the elbow

Question 5

Axillary

Answer 5

Armpit

Question 6

Brachial

Answer 6

Arm

Question 7

Buccal

Answer 7

Cheek

Question 8

Carpal

Answer 8

Wrist

Question 9

Cervical

Answer 9

Neck region

Question 10

Coxal

Answer 10

Hip

Question 11

Crural

Answer 11

Leg

Question 12

Digital

Answer 12

Fingers or toes

Question 13

Femoral

Answer 13

Thigh

Question 14

Fibular

Answer 14

Side of the leg

Question 15

Hallux

Answer 15

Great toe

Question 16

Inguinal

Answer 16

Groin

Question 17

Mammary

Answer 17

Breast

Question 18

Manus

Answer 18

Hand

Question 19

Nasal

Answer 19

Nose

Question 20

Oral

Answer 20

Mouth

Question 21

Orbital

Answer 21

Bony eye socket (orbit)

Question 22

Patellar

Answer 22

Anterior knee (kneecap) region

Question 23

Pelvic

Answer 23

Pelvis region

Question 24

Pollex

Answer 24

Thumb

Question 25

Pubic

Answer 25

Genital region

Question 26

Sternal

Answer 26

Region of the breastbone

Question 27

Tarsal

Answer 27

Ankle

Question 28

Thoracic

Answer 28

Chest

Question 29

Umbilical

Answer 29

Naval

Question 30

Calcaneal

Answer 30

Heel of the foot

Question 31

Cephalic

Answer 31

Head

Question 32

Gluteal

Answer 32

Buttocks or rump

Question 33

Lumbar

Answer 33

Area of the back between the ribs and the hips; the loin

Question 34

Occipital

Answer 34

Posterior aspect of the head or base of the skull

Question 35

Olecranal

Answer 35

Posterior aspect of the elbow

Question 36

Otic

Answer 36

Ear

Question 37

Popliteal

Answer 37

Back of the knee

Question 38

Sacral

Answer 38

Area between the hips

Question 39

Scapular

Answer 39

Scapula or shoulder blade area

Question 40

Sural

Answer 40

Calf or posterior surface of the leg

Question 41

Vertebral

Answer 41

Area of the spinal column

Question 42

-above/below - these terms refer to the location of a structure along the long axis of the body

Answer 42

Superior/inferior

Question 43

-front/back -the structures most forward in the body/most toward the backside of the body

Answer 43

Anterior/posterior

Question 44

-toward the midline/away from the midline

Answer 44

Medial/lateral

Question 45

-toward the head/toward the tail -in humans, these are interchangeable with superior and interior -in animals, these are synonyms to anterior and posterior

Answer 45

Cephalad/caudal