anatomy terms

Question 1

What is the anatomical position?

Answer 1

The standard position for terminology

Question 2

Why do we have directional terms?

Answer 2

They allow anatomists to explain where a part of the body is in relation to another

Question 3

What would be the most superior area of the body?

Answer 3

Towards the head

Question 4

What would be the most inferior area of the body?

Answer 4

Towards the feet

Question 5

What is the ventral area of the body?

Answer 5

The front side

Question 6

What is the dorsal area of the body?

Answer 6

The back side

Question 7

What is the medial area of the body?

Answer 7

Towards the middle of the body vertically

Question 8

What would be a lateral area of the body?

Answer 8

Away from the middle of the body vertically

Question 9

What does proximal mean?

Answer 9

Closer to

Question 10

What does distal mean?

Answer 10

Farther away from

Question 11

What does superficial mean?

Answer 11

Outermost layer

Question 12

What does deep mean?

Answer 12

Layer farther down below the skin

Question 13

The wrist is ______ to the hand.

Answer 13

Proximal

Question 14

The breastbone is _____ to the spine.

Answer 14

Ventral

Question 15

The brain is _____ to the spinal cord.

Answer 15

Superior

Question 16

The thumb is ______ to the fingers.

Answer 16

Lateral

Question 17

The chest is ______ to the back.

Answer 17

Ventral

Question 18

Where is the cephalic region?

Answer 18

The head

Question 19

Where is the cervical region?

Answer 19

The throat

Question 20

Where is the thoracic region?

Answer 20

The chest

Question 21

Where is the abdominal region?

Answer 21

The stomach

Question 22

Where is the pelvic region?

Answer 22

The pelvis/groin

Question 23

Where is the pubic region?

Answer 23

The genitals

Question 24

Where is the manus region?

Answer 24

The hand

Question 25

Where is the pedal region?

Answer 25

The foot

Question 26

The kneecap is also known as the _____ region.

Answer 26

Patellar

Question 27

The lower back is also known as the ______ region.

Answer 27

Lumbar

Question 28

The belly button is also known as the _______ region.

Answer 28

Umbilical

Question 29

The fingers are known as the ______ region.

Answer 29

Digital

Question 30

The forearm is known as the ______ region.

Answer 30

Antibrachial

Question 31

If you cut the body through the saggital plane, how is it cut?

Answer 31

Medially through the body separating it into left and right sections

Question 32

If you cut the body through the frontal plane, how is it cut?

Answer 32

Through the middle of the body separating it into front and back sections

Question 33

If you cut the body through the transverse plane, how is it cut?

Answer 33

Though the middle separating it into top and bottom sections