Medical Terminology: The Human Body in Health and Disease

lateral means

• farther from the body midline. 
• more superficial
• towards the body midline
• closer to the attachment point of a limb

The skin is ____ to the muscles

• deep 
• superficial
• medial
• anterior

The liver is ____ to the heart

• medial
• lateral
• superficial
• inferior

The brain is ___ to the spinal cord

• superficial
• medial
• superior
• inferior

the lungs are ____ to the heart

• lateral
• inferior
• superior
• deep

Another word for back is

• ventral
• anterior
• dorsal
• sagital

Another word for front is

• ventral
• posterior
• dorsal
• sagital

My elbow is ______________ to my fingers

• proximal
• distal

A __________________ plane divides the body into upper and lower.

• sagital
• frontal
• transverse
• oblique

A __________________ plane divides the body into equal right and left

• midsagital
• frontal
• transverse
• oblique