Regional/Directional Terms

My heart is ______________ to my spinal cord.

• Posterior
• Anterior
• inferior
• superior

The _______ is distal to the patellar region.

• abdominal

• umbilical region

• tarsal region

• coxal region

occipital

• back of the head
• mouth
• eye
• back of the elbow

popliteal

• back of the knee
• back of the elbow
• front of the knee
• front of the elbow

The body region that contains the bellybutton is the:

• carpal region
• umbilical region
• inguinal region
• orbital region

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

Another word for back is

• ventral
• anterior
• dorsal
• sagital

Another word for front is

• ventral
• posterior
• dorsal
• sagital

My olecranal region is ______________ to my digits in the hand.

• proximal

• distal

• lateral

• medial