Directional terms, cavities, organs, and planes

Match the following

• toward the tail

• Distal

• towrad the midline

• Proximal

• away to the point of attachement

• Inferior

• away from the midline

• medial

• Closer to the point of attachment

• lateral

Match the following

• toward the head

• anterior

• toward the back

• deep

• near the surface

• superficial

• front of the body

• posterior

• away from the surface

• superior

Match the following

• between the two structure

• Intermediate

• on the opposite side of the body from another structure

• contralateral

• on the same side of the body as another structure

• ipsilateral

The hands are _ to the feet.

• superior

• inferior

The knees are _ to the waist

• superior

• inferior

The stomach is _ to the small intestine.

• superior

• inferior

• medial

• lateral

The liver is _ to the lungs.

• superior

• inferior

• medial

• lateral

The lungs are _ to the heart.

• superior

• inferior

• medial

• lateral

The trachea is _ to the esophagus.

• medial

• inferior

• anterior

• posterior

The pancreas is _ to the stomach.

• superior

• anterior

• lateral

• posterior