Unit 2 Body Directions and Planes

Question 1

ventral

Answer 1

front (or belly side) of the body or organ

Question 2

dorsal

Answer 2

back of the body or organ

Question 3

anterior

Answer 3

front

Question 4

posterior

Answer 4

back

Question 5

superior

Answer 5

above

Question 6

inferior

Answer 6

below

Question 7

cephalic

Answer 7

toward the head

Question 8

caudal

Answer 8

toward the lower part of the body

Question 9

proximal

Answer 9

nearest to the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 10

distal

Answer 10

farthest from the midline or beginning of a structure

Question 11

medial

Answer 11

toward or near the midline

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

away from the midline

Question 13

superficial

Answer 13

towards the surface of the skin

Question 14

deep

Answer 14

away from the surface of the skin

Question 15

dorsal cavity

Answer 15

contains the cranial cavity and spinal cavity

Question 16

ventral cavity

Answer 16

contains the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavity

Question 17

cranial cavity

Answer 17

contains the skull

Question 18

spinal cavity

Answer 18

contains the spine

Question 19

thoracic cavity

Answer 19

chest cavity

Question 20

abdominal cavity

Answer 20

abdomen

Question 21

pelvic cavity

Answer 21

formed by the pelvic bones

Question 22

quadrants of the abdomen

Answer 22

right upper, right lower, left upper, left lower

Question 23

regions of the abdomen

Answer 23

right hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypogastric, right lumbar, umbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac regions

Question 24

transverse plane

Answer 24

horizontal plane, cuts the body into top and bottom halves

Question 25

midsagittal plane

Answer 25

cuts body into equal left and right sides

Question 26

sagittal

Answer 26

cuts body into UNequal left and right sides

Question 27

coronal/frontal plane

Answer 27

cuts body into front and back sides

Question 28

anatomy

Answer 28

study of the structures of the body

Question 29

physiology

Answer 29

study of the functions of the structures of the body

Question 30

anatomical position

Answer 30

standing up, facing forward, arms at sides and palms forward