Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Superior (cranial)

Answer 1

Toward the head

Question 2

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 2

Towards the bottom (tail)

Question 3

Anterior (ventral)

Answer 3

Toward the front

Question 4

Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 4

Toward the back

Question 5

Medial

Answer 5

Towards the midline of the body

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Towards the side of the body

Question 7

Internal (deep)

Answer 7

Away from the surface of the body

Question 8

External (superficial)

Answer 8

Toward the surface of the body

Question 9

Proximal

Answer 9

Towards the main mass of he body

Question 10

Distal

Answer 10

Away from the main mass of the body

Question 11

Visceral

Answer 11

Related to internal organs

Question 12

Parietal

Answer 12

Related to the body walls

Question 13

Palmar

Answer 13

Palm of the hand

Question 14

Plantar

Answer 14

Sole of the foot

Question 15

Saggital

Answer 15

Vertical plane of the body, with a name deriving from arrow

Question 16

Caudal

Answer 16

Tail, so part of the body where the tail used to be

Question 17

Coronal

Answer 17

Crown, so a vertical plane dividing body into front and back, anterior and posterior.

Question 18

Transverse

Answer 18

I we were to cut he body across and through the middle so that we could see both the deep and superficial parts of the body