Language of Anatomy

Question 1

distal

Answer 1

parts of the body further away from the center

Question 2

proximal

Answer 2

nearer to the center (trunk/stomach) or to the point of attachment to the body

Question 3

anterior

Answer 3

front; toward the front of the body

Question 4

superior

Answer 4

above; higher; toward head

Question 5

posterior

Answer 5

back; toward the back of the body

Question 6

inferior

Answer 6

lower; below; away from head

Question 7

medial

Answer 7

toward the midline of the body

Question 8

lateral

Answer 8

away from midline of the body

Question 9

superficial

Answer 9

nearest to the surface; outside of body

Question 10

deep

Answer 10

away from the surface of the body; closest to interior center of body

Question 11

sagittal

Answer 11

divides body into left and right; vertical

Question 12

midsagittal

Answer 12

equal halves

Question 13

parasagittal

Answer 13

unequal portions

Question 14

frontal/coronal

Answer 14

divides into anterior & posterior

Question 15

transverse

Answer 15

divides into superior and inferior

Question 16

oblique

Answer 16

divides at an angle

Question 17

dorsal body cavity

Answer 17

cranial & vertebral

Question 18

ventral

Answer 18

thoracic, abdominopelvic; divided by diaphragm

Question 19

sagittal plane

Answer 19

lateral plane; divides body into R&L