Sports Medicine 1 Anatomical Terms: Directional Terms

What is the purpose of anatomical terms?

The nose is inferior to the stomach.

• False

• True

Your hands are superior to your feet.

• True

• False

Your mouth is superior to your nose.

• False

• True

Your tongue is posterior to your throat.

• False

• True

In the anatomical position, your pinky finger is lateral to the thumb.

• True

• False

Your elbow is proximal to your shoulder.

• False

• True

Your knee is distal to your hip.

• False

• True

Your fingers are distal to your wrist.

• False

• True

Organs of the digestive system are located superficially to the skin.

• False

• True