Unit 3

Question 1

Coronal plane

Answer 1

Divides the body into front and back portions

Question 2

Coron/o

Answer 2

Head or crown

Question 3

Transverse plane

Answer 3

Divides the body into upper and lower portions

Question 4

Midsagittal plane

Answer 4

Divides body into equally between left and right side

Question 5

Sagittal plane

Answer 5

Divides the body unequally into left and right halves

Question 6

Deep

Answer 6

Situated far below the surface

Question 7

Superficial

Answer 7

Situated near the surface

Question 8

Ventr/o

Answer 8

Front or belly side

Question 9

Anter/o

Answer 9

Front or before

Question 10

Dors/o

Answer 10

Back side

Question 11

Poster/o

Answer 11

Back or after

Question 12

Superior

Answer 12

Uppermost, above, or toward the head

Question 13

Cephal/o

Answer 13

Head

Question 14

-ic

Answer 14

Pertaining to

Question 15

Inferior

Answer 15

Lower most, below, or toward the feet

Question 16

Caud/o

Answer 16

Tail or lower part of the body

Question 17

Proximal

Answer 17

Nearest the midline or beginning of a body structure

Question 18

Distal

Answer 18

Further away from the midline or beginning of a body structure

Question 19

Medial

Answer 19

The direction toward or nearer the midline

Question 20

Lateral

Answer 20

The direction toward the side, away from the midline

Question 21

Bilateral

Answer 21

Two sides

Question 22

Unilateral

Answer 22

One side