Vocab Quiz #2

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

Where a person is standing up with feet slightly apart and arms at their sides

Question 2

Axial

Answer 2

Head, neck, and trunk

Question 3

Appendicular

Answer 3

Appendages (limbs) attached to the axis

Question 4

Superior (cranial)

Answer 4

toward the upper part; above

Question 5

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 5

away from the upper part, toward the lower part; below

Question 6

Anterior (ventral)

Answer 6

toward or at the front of the body; in front of

Question 7

Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 7

toward or at the back of the body; behind

Question 8

Medial

Answer 8

toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side of

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of

Question 10

Intermediate

Answer 10

in between

Question 11

Proximal

Answer 11

closer to the point where a limb attaches to the body trunk

Question 12

Superficial (external)

Answer 12

toward or at the body surface

Question 13

Deep (internal)

Answer 13

away from the body surface

Question 14

Distal

Answer 14

farther from the point where the limb attaches to the body