Med Term Lesson #2 Directional & Regional Terms

My nose is ______________ to my shoulders

• inferior
• superior

My heart is ______________ to my spinal cord.

• Posterior
• Anterior
• inferior
• superior

Which body part would be distal from the patella (kneecap)?

• Hip

• Belly button

• Feet

Muscles are __________ to bones.

• deep
• superior
• medial
• superficial

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

If something is higher up on your arm or leg it is ______

• Proximal
• Distal
• Superficial
• Deep

The RED arrow is pointing to the ________side of the leg

• anterior

• posterior

The arrow is pointing which direction?

• cranial

• caudal

• ventral

• dorsal

The arrow is pointing to which side of the dog?

• cranial

• caudal

• ventral

• dorsal