Orientation Vocabulary

Question 1

Superficial

Answer 1

Towards or at the body’s surface

Question 2

Medial

Answer 2

Toward or at the midline of the body; on the inner side

Question 3

Posterior (dorsal)

Answer 3

Towards the backside of the body

Question 4

Anterior (Ventral)

Answer 4

Toward the front of the body (towards the stomach)

Question 5

Anatomical Position

Answer 5

the position where the arms are faced forward and pals and body is straight and faced forward, and feet are together

Question 6

Superior (cranial or cephalad)

Answer 6

toward the head end or upper part of a structure or the body; above ____

Question 7

Inferior (caudal)

Answer 7

Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body; below ____

Question 8

Distal

Answer 8

Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body or trunk

Question 9

Proximal

Answer 9

Close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Question 10

Deep

Answer 10

Away from the body surface; more internal to ____

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

Away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of ____

Question 12

Intermediate

Answer 12

Between a more medial and a more lateral structure

Question 13

Transverse plane

Answer 13

A horizontal plane that divides the body into an superior (upper) and inferior (lower) half

Question 14

Frontal (coronal) plane

Answer 14

Any vertical plane that divides the body into the ventral (front) and dorsal (back) sides; Does not half to divide exactly in half

Question 15

Median (midsagittal) plane

Answer 15

A plane that bisects the body vertically through the midline marked by the navel, dividing the body into a left and a right side