Directional terms

Question 1

medial plane

Answer 1

divides the body into equal lateral halfs

Question 2

right

Answer 2

rt or r

Question 3

dorsal

Answer 3

d

Question 4

ventral

Answer 4

v

Question 5

cranial

Answer 5

cr

Question 6

caudal

Answer 6

cd

Question 7

palmar

Answer 7

pa

Question 8

transverse plane

Answer 8

horizontal division into upper and lower halves

Question 9

mid-sagital section

Answer 9

bisects brain into symmetrical halves
aka medial

Question 10

dorsal plane

Answer 10

divides body into dorsal and ventral planes

Question 11

medial

Answer 11

towards midline

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

towards outside of body

Question 13

plantar surface

Answer 13

from phalanges to tarsus (on bottom)

Question 14

dorsal surface

Answer 14

top of foor

Question 15

cranial surface

Answer 15

from dorsal surface to shoulder

Question 16

caudal surface

Answer 16

from plantar to hips

Question 17

palmar surface

Answer 17

palm of hand

Question 18

dorsal xray

Answer 18

dorsal part of body up

Question 19

lateral xray

Answer 19

looking at the side

Question 20

left

Answer 20

lt or l

Question 21

plantar

Answer 21

pl

Question 22

rostral

Answer 22

r (front of head)
caudal for back of head

Question 23

medial (directional term)

Answer 23

m

Question 24

lateral (directional term)

Answer 24

l or LAT

Question 25

proximal

Answer 25

pr towards body

Question 26

distal

Answer 26

di
away from body

Question 27

oblique

Answer 27

o

Question 28

mediolateral

Answer 28

ml

Question 29

lateromedial

Answer 29

lm

Question 30

dorsoventral

Answer 30

dv

Question 31

ventrodorsal

Answer 31

dv

Question 32

craniocaudal

Answer 32

crcd

Question 33

caudiocranial

Answer 33

cdcr

Question 34

dorsopalmar

Answer 34

dpa
top of paw to bottom of paw
direction the xray pass through body

Question 35

pamarodorsal

Answer 35

pad

Question 36

plantardorsal

Answer 36

pid

Question 37

anteroposterior

Answer 37

ap

Question 38

posteroanterion

Answer 38

pa

Question 39

x rays are ____ rays

Answer 39

gamma

Question 40

xrys being fuzzy

Answer 40

what is closets to the xray will be clear
further away = fuzzy

Question 41

signalment in xray

Answer 41

identification for patient

Question 42

how do xrays work

Answer 42

silver grains that get hit twice and turn black

Question 43

ultrasound

Answer 43

sound vibrations above what we can hear to produce images with which to diagnose internal bodily conditions
liquids dont reflect sound back = black

Question 44

a or an ______

Answer 44

without______

Question 45

anechoic

Answer 45

no echo
black
none

Question 46

hypoechoic

Answer 46

less echo
grey
below

Question 47

hyperechoic

Answer 47

alot of echo
white
above

Question 48

isoechoic

Answer 48

same echogenicity as another structure or the surrounding tissue
the same