Directions/Planes

Question 1

posterior

Answer 1

person facing away from you, with back of hands facing you

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

person facing you, with palms front facing

Question 2

Lateral

Answer 2

person viewed from the side

Question 3

Coronal/frontal

Answer 3

splits into anterior (front) and posterior (back)

Question 4

supine

Answer 4

laying on back with all joints extended

Question 5

sagittal/longitudinal

Answer 5

divide into left and right parts

Question 6

median plane

Answer 6

cut into left and right, exactly in half

Question 7

parasagittal plane

Answer 7

cut into left and right, but unequally

Question 8

horizontal/axial/transverse

Answer 8

cut into superior (top) and inferior (bottom)

Question 9

Medial

Answer 9

Near the midline

Question 10

lateral

Answer 10

away from the midline

Question 11

superior

Answer 11

above

Question 12

inferior

Answer 12

below

Question 13

anterior/ventral

Answer 13

front side

Question 14

posterior/dorsal

Answer 14

back side

Question 15

Proximal

Answer 15

nearest to the point of attachment

Question 16

distal

Answer 16

furthest from the point of attachment

Question 17

superficial

Answer 17

close to the surface

Question 18

deep

Answer 18

below the surface/internal

Question 19

ipsilateral

Answer 19

situated or appearing on the same side of the body

Question 20

contralateral

Answer 20

opposite to the side of the body that the symptom is occuring