Anatomical Terminology Quiz

Match the vocabulary terms with the definition.

• Sagittal

• Houses the visceral organs

• Frontal

• The membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord

• Meninges

• The skin

• Ventral body cavity

• This plane is also known as "coronal"

• Cutaneous membrane

• Divides the body into left and right sections

Match the vocabulary terms with the definition.

• Frontal

• This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections

• Appendicular region

• Houses the fragile organs of the nervous system

• Orbital cavities

• This plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections

• Dorsal body cavity

• Refers to the limbs of the body

• Transverse

• Holds the eyes

The parietal and visceral membranes are both types of ​ (a)   membrane. They are different in that the ​ (b)   membrane lines the body cavity whereas the ​ (c)   membrane covers the internal organs.

• serous
• parietal
• visceral

The thoracic cavity is part of the greater​ (a)   body cavity and houses to essential organs: the ​ (b)   and the ​ (c)   .

• ventral
• heart
• lungs
• brain
• abdominopelvic

On the figure to the right, label the following:

e

a

b

c

d

The "caudal" region / inferior

Left side

The "cranial" region / superior

The axial region

Right side

Pretend the man pictured has a sunburn just above his knees. His shorts rode up when he sat in his beach chair and left a 2-inch section on each leg where he didn't have sunscreen, and thus was burned. Use at least four (4) directional terms to describe the location of the burn to a physician.