Anatomical Terms of Location

Question 1

a plane

Answer 1

a 2D slice through a 3D space

Question 2

how many planes commonly used

Answer 2

3

Question 3

name 3 planes

Answer 3

sagittal, coronal, transverse

Question 4

sagittal plane

Answer 4

vertical line which divides the body into a left and right section

Question 5

coronal plane

Answer 5

vertical line which divides body into front and back

Question 6

transverse plane

Answer 6

horizontal body which dives body into upper and lower section

Question 7

upper section

Answer 7

superior

Question 8

lower section

Answer 8

inferior

Question 9

front section

Answer 9

anterior

Question 10

back section

Answer 10

posterior

Question 11

medial

Answer 11

towards the midline e.g. where sagittal plane halves the body e.g. nose is medial to the ears

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

away from the midline e.g. eye is lateral to the nose

Question 13

superior

Answer 13

upper

Question 14

inferior

Answer 14

lower

Question 15

posterior

Answer 15

back section

Question 16

anterior

Answer 16

front section

Question 17

ventral means the same as

Answer 17

anterior

Question 18

dorsal means same as

Answer 18

posterior

Question 19

ventral means the same as

Answer 19

anterior

Question 20

another word for posterior

Answer 20

dorsal (back)

Question 21

another word for anterior

Answer 21

ventral (front)

Question 22

proximal

Answer 22

closer to its origin

Question 23

distal

Answer 23

further away from origin

Question 24

another word for superior

Answer 24

cranial

Question 25

another word for inferior

Answer 25

caudal

Question 26

unilateral

Answer 26

refers to one side

Question 27

bilateral

Answer 27

refers to both side e.g. bilateral amputee

Question 28

unilateral

Answer 28

refers to one side - unilateral amputation above knee= one knee

Question 29

contralateral

Answer 29

refers to the opposite side E.g. a stroke affecting the right side of the brain may lead to contralateral paralysis of the left arm and left leg

Question 30

ipsilateral

Answer 30

refers to the same side of the body E.g. A tumour in the left lung will often metastasise to the ipsilateral lymph node on the patient's body

Question 31

5 different segments of the body

Answer 31

- The head (skull) - The neck (cervical vertebrae) - The trunk (thorax and abdomen) - Lower extremity (thicgh, leg, foot) - Upper extremity (arm, forearm and hand)

Question 32

regions of the body

Answer 32

head neck thorax back abdomen pelvis lower limb upper limb

Question 33

the lower limb is seperated into

Answer 33

thigh knee thin shin= the leg

Question 34

with the upper limb, the humerus down is the

Answer 34

arm

Question 35

which techniques use the transverse plane

Answer 35

CT MRI

Question 36

if a structure sits further to the left of the mid sagittal plane

Answer 36

it sits lateral to the midline

Question 37

if a structure sit further forward than the mid coronal plane

Answer 37

it it anterior to the mid coronal plane

Question 38

if a structure sits above the mid transverse plane

Answer 38

superior

Question 39

if a structure sits below the mid transverse plane

Answer 39

inferior

Question 40

the shoulder is ..... to the heart

Answer 40

superolateral

Question 41

position in the embryo is

Answer 41

different

Question 42

embryo is

Answer 42

flex upe and curved - Cranial- towards the head - Cordal- towards the tale

Question 43

superifical

Answer 43

closer to the surface e.g. the skin

Question 44

deep

Answer 44

closer to the bone

Question 45

intermediate

Answer 45

in the middle - e.g. conenctive tissue

Question 46

proximal

Answer 46

close to the point of attachment

Question 47

distal

Answer 47

far awat from the point of attachment

Question 48

top of hand

Answer 48

dorsal surface

Question 49

face of hand

Answer 49

palmar surface

Question 50

sole of the foot

Answer 50

plantar

Question 51

top of the foot

Answer 51

dorsal

Question 52

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