Directional Terms

Question 1

Front

Answer 1

• anterior
• ventral
• direction towards front

Question 2

Back

Answer 2

• Posterior
• dorsal
• direction towards back

Question 3

Above/higher

Answer 3

• superior

- cranial

Question 4

below or lower

Answer 4

• Inferior

- caudal

Question 5

Side

Answer 5

• lateral

- direction to the side of body

Question 6

Middle

Answer 6

• Medial

- direction towards the middle of body

Question 7

Proximal

Answer 7

• limb closer to point of attachment or trunk of body

Question 8

Distal

Answer 8

• limb farther from point of attachment or trunk of body

Question 9

Superficial

Answer 9

• closer to body surface

Question 10

deep

Answer 10

• farther from body surface

Question 11

Sagittal plane

Answer 11

• vertically divides body into right and left sides

- has two subsections: midsagittal and parasagittal

Question 12

midsagittal

Answer 12

• body is separated directly in the middle vertically

Question 13

parasagittal

Answer 13

• body is divided uneven right and left

- vertically

Question 14

Frontal plane

Answer 14

• divides anterior and posterior

- coronal plane

Question 15

transverse

Answer 15

• divides body horizontally into upper and lower