Anatomical Vocab

Question 1

anatomical position

Answer 1

standing upright and facing forward, palms facing forward

Question 2

anterior

Answer 2

front of body

Question 3

posterior

Answer 3

back of body

Question 4

superior

Answer 4

towards the head

Question 5

inferior

Answer 5

towards the feet

Question 6

is the heel anterior or posterior to the toes

Answer 6

posterior

Question 7

proximal

Answer 7

closer to where the arm or leg attaches to body

Question 8

distal

Answer 8

further to where the arm or leg attaches to body

Question 9

is the knee proximal or distal to the ankle

Answer 9

proximal

Question 10

medial

Answer 10

closer to midline

Question 11

lateral

Answer 11

further from midline

Question 12

is the thumb medial or lateral to the long finger

Answer 12

lateral

Question 13

sagittal plane

Answer 13

vertical cut, divides into left and right

Question 14

frontal plane (coronal)

Answer 14

divides into anterior and posterior

Question 15

transverse plane

Answer 15

horizontal cut, divides into superior and inferior

Question 16

axial skeleton

Answer 16

skull, ribcage, spine

Question 17

appendicular skeleton

Answer 17

arms, legs, pelvis

Question 18

what region is liver in

Answer 18

right hypochondriac and epigastric

Question 19

what region is spleen in

Answer 19

left hypochondriac

Question 20

what region is cecum in

Answer 20

right iliac

Question 21

what region is appendix

Answer 21

right iliac

Question 22

what region is bladder (enlarged)

Answer 22

hypogastric

Question 23

what region is heart in

Answer 23

epigastric

Question 24

supine

Answer 24

front facing UP

Question 25

prone

Answer 25

front ON floor/bed

Question 26

what is in the dorsal cavity

Answer 26

cranial (brain) vertebral (spine)

Question 27

what is in the ventral cavity

Answer 27

thoracic (heart, lungs): superior, pleural, pericardial abdominal pelvic (bladder, reproductive, rectum)