Relative Directions

Proximal means...

• Above.

• Below.

• Closer to the trunk.

• Farther from the trunk.

Posterior means...

• In front of.

• Behind.

• Away from the midline.

• Towards the midline.

True or false: the abdominal region is posterior to the celiac region.

• True.

• False.

True or false: the mental region is anterior to the occipital region.

• True.

• False.

Assuming T'challa started in anatomical position, how did he move his hand?

• In the anterior and inferior directions.

• In the anterior and superior directions.

• In the posterior and inferior directions.

• In the posterior and superior directions.

Assuming he started in anatomical position, which of the following statements about Malcolm X's current position is correct?

• Malcolm X moved his head medially from anatomical position and raised both hands in the superior direction.

• Malcolm X moved his head laterally from anatomical position and has his right hand raised in the superior direction and moved in the posterior direction.

• Malcolm X has raised both hands in the anterior direction and has tilted his head laterally from the midline which is where it would be in anatomical position.

• Malcolm X has turned the fingers of his right hand to face the posterior direction while raising the right hand in the superior and anterior directions.

Which direction would Hattie McDaniel need to move her head to be in anatomical position?

• Inferior.

• Anterior.

• Posterior.

• Lateral.

If Katherine Johnson realized she'd made an error in a calculation for NASA, and she went to slap her frontal region, would she be hitting her hand superior to the mental region or inferior to the mental region?

• Superior.

• Inferior.

• Neither since they're at the same height.

• There is not enough information in the question to answer this.

Choose the word which makes the following statement correct: The carpal region is _______ to the antecubital region.

• Proximal.

• Distal.

• Anterior.

• Posterior.

Choose the word which makes the following statement correct: The carpal region is _______ to the antecubital region.

• Superior.

• Inferior.

• Anterior.

• Posterior.