Directional and Regional Terms

The body region that contains the bellybutton is the:

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

The occipital region is the:

• buttock
• posterior surface of the head
• shoulder blade region
• posterior knee area

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

Which region is this?

• Axillary
• Antecubital
• Brachial
• Pelvic

What region is this?

• Carpal
• Digital
• Femoral
• Oral

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2