Directions Terms Tutorial 1

Question 1

What refers to ‘something above’ it

Answer 1

Superior

Question 2

What refers to something ‘below’ it

Answer 2

Inferior

Question 3

What refers to something ‘to the front’

Answer 3

Anterior

Question 4

What refers to something ‘towards the back’

Answer 4

Posterior

Question 5

What refers to something “towards the middle of the body’

Answer 5

Medial

Question 6

What refers to something ‘towards the side of the body’

Answer 6

Lateral

Question 7

What refers to something ‘nearer the point of attachment’

Answer 7

Proximal

Question 8

What refers to something ‘further from the point of attachment’.

Answer 8

Distal

Question 9

What refers to something ‘away from the body’s surface’.

Answer 9

Deep

Question 10

What refers to something ‘lying closer to the body’s surface’

Answer 10

Superficial