Week 1

Question 1

anterior

Answer 1

toward the front of the body

Question 2

posterior

Answer 2

toward the rear of the body

Question 3

medial

Answer 3

toward the midline of the body

Question 4

lateral

Answer 4

toward the sides of the body

Question 5

central

Answer 5

toward teh center of the body

Question 6

peripheral

Answer 6

toward the outer edge of the body

Question 7

superior (cranial)

Answer 7

toward the head

Question 8

inferior (caudal)

Answer 8

toward the feet

Question 9

proximal

Answer 9

reference to the limbs; closer to the fixed end of a limb or toward the midline of the body

Question 10

distal

Answer 10

reference to the limbs; closer to the free end of a limb or away the midline of the body

Question 11

superficial (External)

Answer 11

closer to the surface of the body of a specific organ

Question 12

deep (internal)

Answer 12

closer to the middle of the body of a specific organ

Question 13

frontal section

Answer 13

section dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 14

coronal section

Answer 14

section dividing the head into anterior and posterior portions

Question 15

sagittal section

Answer 15

section dividing the body into right and left portions

Question 16

transverse section

Answer 16

section dividing the body into superior (cranial) and inferior (caudal) portions

Question 17

PROJECTIONS FROM A BONE

crest

Answer 17

a bony ridge

Question 18

condyle

Answer 18

a rounded, bony projection possessing a smooth surface for articulating with another bone

Question 19

epicondyle

Answer 19

a roughened projection near a condyle that is a place of attachment for tendons and ligaments

Question 20

head

Answer 20

the enlarged, rounded end of a bone

Question 21

line

Answer 21

a low, bony ridge

Question 22

process

Answer 22

a generalized term for a projection

Question 23

ramus

Answer 23

an elongate, sometimes columnar process

Question 24

shaft

Answer 24

the elongate, middle portion of a long bone

Question 25

spine

Answer 25

a projection, narrow and pointed

Question 26

trochanter

Answer 26

a large, blunt process

Question 27

tubercle

Answer 27

a small, usually rounded process

Question 28

tuberosity

Answer 28

a large process

Question 29

INDENTATIONS TO THE SURFACE OF A BONE | facet

Answer 29

a smooth, flat surface for articulation, usually rounded or oval

Question 30

fissure

Answer 30

a narrow, slit like opening in a bone

Question 31

foramen

Answer 31

a hole in the bone

Question 32

fossa

Answer 32

a depression in a bone

Question 33

meatus

Answer 33

a deep canal penetrating a bone

Question 34

neck

Answer 34

shallow groove separating the head from the shaft of a long bone

Question 35

sulcus

Answer 35

A narrow groove in a bone