Medical Terminology

Dorsal refers to the front of the body

• True

• False

Caudal refers to:

• The tail end
• The brain
• The burning of flesh to stop bleeding

Proximal:

• Point of furthest attachment

• Point of nearest attachment

• the knee joint

The abdominal cavity contains:

• The brain
• The intestines and heart
• The intestines and stomach

Superficial refers to:

• close to the surface

• deep in the body

• above a body part

Another word to describe anterior is:

• ventral
• caudal
• pneumonoultramicroscopisilicovolcanoconiosis

RUQ, RLQ, LUQ, and LLQ refer to areas of the:

• thoracic cavity
• dorsal cavity
• abdominal region

Sagittal is a plane that:

• is a Zodiac sign
• divides the body into R and L halves
• divides the body into top and bottom halves

The anatomical position is:

• Standing with feet forward, arms at side, hands forward

• standing feet pointed outward, hands pointed inward

• impossible to perform unless

-algia

• pain
• rupture
• flow, discharge 
• to suture