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Anatomical directions/planes checkpoint

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which side is facing you?

a)

Ventral

b)

Dorsal

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

2.

Which side is facing you?

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

3.

Which side is facing you?

a)

Ventral

b)

Dorsal

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

4.

Which side is facing you?

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

5.
Divides body into top and bottom portions (superior-head; inferior-feat)
a)
Medial Plane
b)
Sagittal
c)
Proximal 
d)
Transverse Plane
6.
The head is ______ to the chest.
a)
superior
b)
dorsal
c)
inferior
d)
ventral
7.
The bone is _____ to the skin.
a)
inferior
b)
superficial
c)
deep
d)
posterior
8.
The right shoulder is ______ to the sternum.
a)
medial
b)
proximal
c)
distal
d)
lateral
9.

Your elbows are proximal to your

a)

shoulder

b)

wrist

c)

humerus

d)

ears

10.

The study of the functions of the body

a)

physiology

b)

psychology

c)

physics

d)

anatomy

11.

The study of the structures of the body

a)

biology

b)

physiology

c)

anatomy

d)

geology

12.

The knee is _________ to the ankle

a)

lateral

b)

medial

c)

proximal

d)

distal

13.

The navel is ___________ to the spine.

a)

posterior

b)

lateral

c)

anterior

d)

medial

14.

Your toes are ____________ to your ankle

a)

proximal

b)

distal

c)

lateral

d)

medial

15.

Your sternum (breastplate) is __________ to your shoulder.

a)

medial

b)

lateral

c)

proximal

d)

distal

16.

Number 1

a)

thoracic cavity

b)

pleural cavity

c)

cranial cavity

d)

pelvic cavity

17.

Number 3

a)

pericardial cavity

b)

pleural cavity

c)

pelvic cavity

d)

abdominal cavity

18.

Number 4

a)

abdominal cavity

b)

pelvic cavity

c)

spinal cavity

d)

cranial cavity

19.
26. Which cavity is located on the posterior side of the body?
a)
1 and 3
b)
7 and 4
c)
3 and 4
d)
1 and 7
20.
22. Which cavity is on the anterior side of the body, is located inferior to the brain and is superior to the diaphragm? 
a)
4
b)
6
c)
3
d)
1
21.

The plane of the body that divides the body into anterior and posterior.

a)

sagittal plane

b)

coronal plane

c)

transverse plane

d)

air plane