Review General terms

Question 1

What are the standard orientation terms in the body?

Answer 1

Anterior-Posterior (front lines of body and rear point of body) then medial-lateral ( near the mid-line of body verses the sides of the body) Superior-inferior (top to bottom )

Question 2

Why is there another two sets of terms for orientation?

Answer 2

dorsal/ventral and Rostral/Causal

Question 3

Why can it be confusing?

Answer 3

There are two orientation lines in the brain, one that goes in a 125 angle relative to the straight up and down axis of orientation along the brain stem because for the brain with the stem o be level you are not on a 90 degree plane

Question 4

What terms are used along the axis that is horizontal?

Answer 4

Rostral and caudal with the dorsal of the fore brain being superior and the ventral of the fore brain being along the floor of the frontal lobe; while the dorsal of the brain stem is the cerebellum which is behind the pons ( which are ventral)