Anatomy-Terms

Question 0

Caudal

Answer 0

Pertaining to a tail or narrow tail like part of an organ

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

Pertaining to the front of the body

Question 2

Cephalad

Answer 2

Pertaining to the head

Question 3

Coronal section

Answer 3

Anatomical plane that passes through the body or an organ from right to left and superior to inferior

Question 4

Cranial

Answer 4

Pertaining to the cranium

Question 5

Deep

Answer 5

Relatively far from the body surface opposite of superficial

Question 6

Distal

Answer 6

Relatively distant from a point of origin or attachment

Question 7

Dorsal

Answer 7

Toward the back side of the body

Question 8

Inferior

Answer 8

Lower than another structure or point of reference from the perspective of anatomical position

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

Away from the midline of an organ or median plane if the body

Question 10

Medial

Answer 10

Toward the midline of an organ or median plane of the body

Question 11

Medial plane

Answer 11

The Sagittal plane that divides the body or an organ into equal right and left halves

Question 12

Posterior

Answer 12

Near it pertaining to the back or spinal side of the body

Question 13

Proximal

Answer 13

Relatively near a point of origin or attachment ex shoulder is proximal to the elbow

Question 14

Superficial

Answer 14

Relatively close to the surface

Ex ribs are superficial to the lungs

Question 15

Superior

Answer 15

Higher than another structure or point of reference from the perspective of anatomical position
Ex lungs are superior to the diaphragm

Question 16

Ventral

Answer 16

Pertaining to the front of the body the regions of the chest and abdomen