Anatomical Terminology Questions and
Answers Rated A
SUPERIOR Correct Answer-a part is above antoher part, or closer to the head
INFERIOR Correct Answer-a part is below another part, or toward the feet
ANTERIOR Corre
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Anatomical Terminology Questions and
Answers Rated A
SUPERIOR Correct Answer-a part is above antoher part, or closer to the head
INFERIOR Correct Answer-a part is below another part, or toward the feet
ANTERIOR Correct Answer-toward the front; ventral
POSTERIOR Correct Answer-opposite of anterior; twoard the back; dorsal
MEDIAL Correct Answer-relates to an imaginary midline dividing the body into equal right and left halves
LATERAL Correct Answer-toward the side with respect to the imaginary midline
IPSILATERAL Correct Answer-pertains to the same side
CONTRALATERAL Correct Answer-refers to the opposite side
PROXIMAL Correct Answer-a part that is closer to the trunk of the body or closer to another specified
point of reference than another point
DISTAL Correct Answer-opposite of proximal; a particular body part is farther from the trunk or farther
from another specified point of reference than another part
SUPERFICIAL Correct Answer-situated near the surface
PERIPHERAL Correct Answer-outward or near the surface; describes location of certain blood vessels and
nerves
DEEP Correct Answer-parts that are more internalSAGITTAL Correct Answer-lengthwise cut that divides the body into right and left portions
MIDSAGITTAL Correct Answer-passes along the midline and divides the body into equal parts; median
PARASAGITTAL Correct Answer-sagittal section lateral to midline
TRANSVERSE Correct Answer-horizontal; a cut that divides the body into superior and inferior portions
CORONAL Correct Answer-frontal; a section that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
CROSS SECTION Correct Answer-a cut across the structure
OBLIQUE Correct Answer-an angular cut
LONGITUDINAL Correct Answer-a lenghtwise cut
EPIGASTRIC REGION Correct Answer-upper middle portion
LEFT and RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGIONS Correct Answer-on the left/right side of the epigastric region
UMBILICAL REGION Correct Answer-central portion
LEFT and RIGHT LUMBAR REGIONS Correct Answer-on the left/right side of the umbilical region
HYPOGRASTRIC REGIONS Correct Answer-lower middle portion
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