Unit 6: Anatomical Positions And Directions

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

Standing with eyes, head and toes facing forward.
Heels and toes together.
Arms by his side with palms facing forward.

Question 2

Medial

Answer 2

Nearer the midline of the body

Question 3

Lateral

Answer 3

Farther from midline of body

Question 4

Proximal

Answer 4

Closer to center(torso)

Question 5

Distal

Answer 5

Farther from center(torso)

Question 6

Torso

Answer 6

Trunk of human body - minus arm, legs, head - shoulders to hips

Question 7

Superior/Cranial

Answer 7

Nearer to head

Question 8

Inferior/Caudal

Answer 8

Nearer to feet

Question 9

Anterior/Ventral

Answer 9

Front of body

Question 10

Posterior/Dorsal

Answer 10

Back of body

Question 11

Transverse/Horizontal

Answer 11

Plane division of body into superior/cranial/upper and inferior/caudal/lower.

Question 12

Coronal/Frontal

Answer 12

Plane division of body into anterior/ventral/front and posterior/dorsal/back.

Question 13

Saggital

Answer 13

Plane division of body into right and left.

Question 14

Oblique

Answer 14

Plane division of 45 degrees.

Question 15

Sleeping Position:
Prone
Supine

Answer 15

Face down

Face up

Question 16

Ab-

Ex: Abduction

Answer 16

Away from

Def: movement away from midline

Question 17

Ad-

Ex: Adduction

Answer 17

Towards/near

Def: movement towards midline

Question 18

En-, Endo-

Ex: endocrine

Answer 18

In, within

Def: secreting inside

Question 19

Exo-

Ex: exocrine

Answer 19

Out, away

Def: secreting outside

Question 20

Infra-, sub-

Ex: infracardiac

Answer 20

Below, beneath

Def: beneath the heart

Question 21

Meso-

Ex: mesonasal

Answer 21

Middle

Def: Middle of the nose

Question 22

Para-

Ex: parametric

Answer 22

Near, beside

Def: near the uterus

Question 23

Peri-

Ex: periglottic

Answer 23

Around

Def: around the tongue

Question 24

Supra-, Epi-

Ex: suprahepatic

Answer 24

Above

Def: above the liver