Lab Practical

Question 1

Superior/ cranial

Answer 1

Closer to the head

Question 2

Inferior/caudal

Answer 2

Closer to the feet

Question 3

Anterior/ ventral

Answer 3

Closer to the front of the body

Question 4

Posterior/ dorsal

Answer 4

Closer to the back of the body

Question 5

Medial

Answer 5

Closer to the median plane

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Farther from the median plane

Question 7

Proximal

Answer 7

Closer to the trunk/ point of origin

Question 8

Distal

Answer 8

Farther from the trunk or point of origin

Question 9

Superficial

Answer 9

Closer to or on the surface

Question 10

Deep

Answer 10

Farther from the surface

Question 11

Flexion

Answer 11

A bending action that decreases the angle between two body parts

Question 12

Extension

Answer 12

A straightening action that increases the angle between two body parts

Question 13

Abduction

Answer 13

Moving a body part away from the median plane in the coronal plane

Question 14

Adduction

Answer 14

Moving of a body part toward the median plane in the coronal plane

Question 15

Medial rotation

Answer 15

Toward the median plane

Question 16

Lateral rotation

Answer 16

Away from the median plane

Question 17

Circumduction

Answer 17

A circular motion that incorporates flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction

Question 18

Pronation

Answer 18

Medial rotation of the palm so it faces posteriorly

Question 19

Supination

Answer 19

Rotation of the palm so that it faces anteriorly

Question 20

Inversion

Answer 20

Moving the foot medially

Question 21

Eversion

Answer 21

Turning of the foot laterally

Question 22

Protrusion/ protraction

Answer 22

Moving of the mandible anteriorly

Question 23

Retrusion/ retraction

Answer 23

Moving the mandible posteriorly

Question 24

Median/ midsagittal plane

Answer 24

Vertical plane that divides the body into right and left halves

Question 25

Sagittal plane

Answer 25

Vertical plane parallel to the median plane that passes through either the right or left half of the body

Question 26

Coronal/ frontal plane

Answer 26

Vertical plane passing through the body at right angles to the median plane dividing into front and back halves

Question 27

Horizontal/ transverse plane

Answer 27

Plane that passes through the body at right angles to the median and coronal planes dividing it into upper and lower halves

Question 28

Fertilization

Answer 28

Egg meets sperm in the lateral 1/3 of the uterine tube

Question 29

Cleavage

Answer 29

Early cell division that results in the large number of cells that are the building block of the embryo