Medical Therapeutics Intro to Anatomy

Toward the head; above

• Superior

• Inferior

• Proximal

• Distal

Inferior

• Toward the head

• Away from the head toward the lower part

• the front of the body

• the back of the body

Toward the midline of the body

• lateral

• Distal

• Proximal

• Medial

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Toward the front of the body

• Anterior

• posterior

• Inferior

• Dorsal

The elbow is ______ to the wrist

• Distal

• Proximal

• Medial

• lateral

Close to the point of origin of a limb or body part

• Distal

• Medial

• lateral

• Proximal

The knee is _____ to the thigh

• Proximal

• Distal

• Medial

• lateral

Farther from the point of origin of a body part or limb

• Proximal

• Distal

• Medial

• lateral

The armpit area

• Umbillical

• Axillary

• Pelvic

• Pubic

Eye area

• nasal

• Orbital

• Fibular

• Oral