The Human Body Orientation and Organ Systems

lateral means

• farther from the body midline. 
• more superficial
• towards the body midline
• closer to the attachment point of a limb

The skin is ____ to the muscles

• deep 
• superficial
• medial
• anterior

The brain is ___ to the spinal cord

• superficial
• medial
• superior
• inferior

Another word for back is

• ventral
• anterior
• dorsal
• sagital

Another word for front is

• ventral
• posterior
• dorsal
• sagital

My elbow is ______________ to my fingers

• proximal
• distal

A __________________ plane divides the body into upper and lower.

• sagittal

• frontal
• transverse
• oblique

A __________________ plane divides the body into equal right and left

• midsagittal

• frontal
• transverse
• oblique

Going towards the head of the body. 

• Inferior 
• Lateral 
• Anterior 
• Superior 

The elbow is  ____ to the shoulder.

• Proximal
• Distal
• Anterior
• Lateral