11 HMS Body Systems and Movement

What is another name for the sagittal plane?

• Frontal

• Lateral

• Axial

What is another name for the coronal plane?

• A) Frontal

• B) Lateral

• C) Axial

What is another name for the transverse plane?

• A) Frontal

• B) Lateral

• C) Axial

What does the term 'Superior' refer to in anatomical directional terms?

• Towards the feet

• Towards the head

• Towards the back

• Towards the front

What does the term 'Inferior' refer to in anatomical directional terms?

• A) Away from the head

• B) Towards the head

• C) Towards the back

• D) Towards the front

What does the term 'Anterior (ventral)' refer to in anatomical directional terms?

• Nearer to the back of the body

• Nearer to the front of the body

• Nearer to the midline of the body

• Further from the midline of the body

What does the term 'Posterior (dorsal)' refer to in anatomical directional terms?

• Nearer to the back of the body

• Nearer to the front of the body

• Nearer to the midline of the body

• Further from the midline of the body

What does the term 'Medial' refer to in anatomical directional terms?

• Nearer to the midline of the body

• Further from the midline of the body

• Nearer to the attachment of an extremity

• Further from the attachment of an extremity

What does the term 'Lateral' refer to in anatomical directional terms?

• Nearer to the midline of the body

• Further from the midline of the body

• Nearer to the attachment of an extremity

• Further from the attachment of an extremity

What does the term 'Proximal' refer to in anatomical directional terms?

• Nearer to the attachment of an extremity

• Further from the attachment of an extremity

• Towards the surface of the body

• Away from the surface towards the centre