Anatomical

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

Front surface of the body

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

Back side of the body

Question 3

Superior

Answer 3

Above another structure

Question 4

Inferior

Answer 4

Below another structure

Question 5

Medial

Answer 5

Pertainingto the middle

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Pertaining to the side

Question 7

Ipsilateral

Answer 7

Side of the body

Question 8

Contralaeral

Answer 8

Opposite side of the body

Question 9

Proximal

Answer 9

Near the point of attachment to the trunk

Question 10

Distal

Answer 10

Farther wawy from the point of attachment to the trunk

Question 11

Apex

Answer 11

Tip or summit of an organ

Question 12

Base

Answer 12

Bottom of the surface

Question 13

Deep

Answer 13

Away from the surface

Question 14

Superficial

Answer 14

On the surface

Question 15

Prone

Answer 15

Lying on the belly

Question 16

Supine

Answer 16

Lying on the back

Question 17

Flexion

Answer 17

Bending the joint; occurs in the sagittal plane

Question 18

Extension

Answer 18

Straightening the joint; occurs in the sagittal plane

Question 19

Abduction

Answer 19

Moving away from the median plane; occurs in the coronal plane

Question 20

Adduction

Answer 20

Moving toward the medial plane; occurs in the coronal plane

Question 21

Lateral Flexion

Answer 21

Used to describe the movement of the spine; occurs in the coronal plane

Question 22

Supination

Answer 22

Movement of the forearm where the palm faces upward

Question 23

Pronation

Answer 23

Movement of the forearm where the palm faces backward

Question 24

Protraction

Answer 24

Moving toward the front (anteriorly)

Question 25

Retraction

Answer 25

Moving toward the back (posteriorly)

Question 26

Elevation

Answer 26

Upward movement

Question 27

Depression

Answer 27

Downward movement

Question 28

Frontal Plane

Answer 28

Anterior and Posterior

Question 31

Sagittal Plane

Answer 31

Divides the body into left and right sides

Question 32

Transvere Plane

Answer 32

Upper and lower sections of the body

Question 33

Abdominal

Answer 33

Center anterior region of the trunk

Question 34

Dorsum

Answer 34

Posterior region

Question 35

Brachial

Answer 35

Arm region

Question 36

Gluteal

Answer 36

Buttocks region

Question 37

Cephalic

Answer 37

Head region

Question 38

Pelvic

Answer 38

Lower anterior region of the trunk

Question 39

Cervical

Answer 39

Neck region

Question 40

Pubic

Answer 40

Genital region

Question 41

Crural

Answer 41

Lower extremity region

Question 42

Thoracic

Answer 42

Chest region

Question 43

Trunk

Answer 43

Torso region

Question 44

Vertebral

Answer 44

Spinal column region

Question 45

Pleural Cavities

Answer 45

Thin fluid-filled space between the two pulmonary pleurae (visceral and parietal) of each lung

Question 46

Pericardial Cavity

Answer 46

Potential space formed between the two layers of serous pericardium around the heat

Question 47

Mediastinum

Answer 47

Membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ

Question 48

Abdominal Cavity

Answer 48

Includes crucial organs such as the lower part of the esophagus, the stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, liver, gallbladder, plancreas, spleen, kidneys and bladder

Question 49

Pelvic Cavity

Answer 49

Bowl-shaped space located in the lower portion of the abdomen

Question 50

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Answer 50

Majority of the liver, the gallbladder, a portion, the right kidney, and a portion of the small intestines and colon

Question 51

Left Upper Quadrant ((LUQ)

Answer 51

Portion of the liver, the spleen, the stomach, the majority of the pancreas, the left kidney and a portion of the inestines and colon

Question 52

Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)

Answer 52

Half of the small inestines and colon, the right ovary and fallopian tube, the appendix and the right ureter

Question 53

Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)

Answer 53

Half of the small inestines and colon, the left ovary and fallopian tube and the left ureter

Question 54

Right and Left hypochondriac

Answer 54

Lateral to the epigastric region, beneath the lower ribs

Question 55

Epigsastric

Answer 55

Superior to umbilical region, above the stomach

Question 56

Right and Left lumbar

Answer 56

Lateral to the umbilical region, at the waist

Question 57

Umbilical

Answer 57

Central, surrounding the navel

Question 58

Hypogastric

Answer 58

Inferal to the umbilical region, below the navel

Question 59

Right and Left iliac

Answer 59

Lateral to the hypogastric region, at the grion