Anatomy and Physiology Terms

Which direction term refers to the back of a human body?

• posterior

• anterior

• cepahilc

• media

Which directional term refers to the middle of the body?

• fine

• lateral

• medial

• superior

Away from midline

• Lateral
• Distal
• Superior
• Transverse

The knee is _______ to the ankle.

• proximal
• lateral
• distal
• medial

This section is

• frontal
• transverse
• coronial 
• sagittal

This section is 

• frontal
• transverse
• sagittal

Towards the Front. 
[The eyes are _______ to the brain].

• Inferior
• Deep
• Lateral
• Anterior

Another word for front is ________________.

• ventral
• posterior
• dorsal
• sagital

The plane also called a coronal plane,that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts:

• sagittal 
• frontal 
• transverse

toward the head end

• anterior

• posterior

• superior

• inferior