Week 1 Anatomical Terminology

Question 1

PLANES

Answer 1

Sagital or Median (dividing into left and right)

Frontal or coronal (dividing into front and back)

Transverse or horizontal (dividing into top and bottom)

Question 2

Directions

Answer 2

Superior/Inferior

Posteria/Anteria

Medial/Lateral

Proximal/Distal

Question 3

What is another name for transverse plane

Answer 3

Axial plane

Question 4

Describe a sagittal or median plane

Answer 4

Divides body into left and right

Question 5

Describe a frontal or coronal plane

Answer 5

Divides body into front (anterior) and back (posterior)

Question 6

What is a transverse or axial plane

Answer 6

Divides body into top (superior) and bottom (inferior)

Question 7

Describe difference between Superior/Inferior

Answer 7

Upper or lower

Eg My chest is superior to my pelvis, my pelvis is inferior to my chest

Question 8

Describe difference between Posteria/Anteria

Answer 8

Posteria is back, Anterior is front

Question 9

Describe difference between Medial/Lateral

Answer 9

Eg My eye is lateral to my nose. My nose is medial to my ears

Question 10

Describe difference between Proximal/Distal

Answer 10

eg my elbow is proximal to my wrist, my ankle is distal to my knee

Question 11

Describe difference between deep and superficial

Answer 11

My skin is superficial to my bones - my muscle is deep compared to my skin