Directional Terms HS 3

Anterior

• Near the front

• Near the back

• Farther from the body core

• Nearer the body core

Medial

• Situated closer to the surface 
• Situated farther from the surface 
• Situated closer to the midline of the body
• Situated farther from the midline of the body

Located closer to the point of attachment (of a limb)

• Distal
• Proximal
• Medial 
• Lateral 

What term means "toward the MIDLINE of the body?

• Medial 
• Lateral
• Intermediate
• Ipsilateral

What term means AWAY from the midline of the body?

• Medial
• Lateral
• Contralateral
• Ipsilateral

Posterior means:

• Closer to the front

• Along the front of the vertebral column

• Closer to the back

• Along the back of the vertebral column

We would say that your cranium (head) is ____________ to your sternum (breast bone):

• Superficial

• Indifferent

• Superior

• Inferior

Your skin is _____________ to your muscles

• Superior

• Deep

• Amazinger

• Superficial

In relation to your ankle joint, your knee joint is ______________.

• Proximal

• Distal

• Superficial

• Fantastical

The front is my ____________ side

• posterior 
• anterior
• dorsal
• sagital