WorksheetsLanguage of Anatomy
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is this position?
anatomical position
proximal position
proximal position
biological position
Which statement is false regarding the anatomical position?
The palms face the front.
The thumbs point away from the body.
The head is turned to the left side.
The posture is standing erect.
What term means "toward the head end of the body" or "higher/above."?
inferior (or caudal)
superior (or cranial)
anterior
medial
What term means "away from the head" or "lower/under"?
inferior (or caudal)
superior (or cranial)
anterior
medial
What term means "front of" or "in the front." Your abdominal muscles are on the _________ side of the body?
posterior (or dorsal)
medial
anterior (or ventral)
proximal
What term means the opposite of anterior: "back of" or "behind/on the back"?
posterior (or dorsal)
medial
anterior (or ventral)
proximal
What term means toward the midline (middle) of the body?
lateral
anterior
inferior
medial
What term means away from the midline (middle) of the body?
lateral
anterior
inferior
medial
What term describes the nearest point of attachment to limb or structure?
proximal
medial
ventral
distal
What term describes the point farthest away from attachment or origin?
proximal
medial
ventral
distal
What term means closer to the body surface? Example: Skin is __________ to the skeletal muscles.
deep
superficial
frontal
superior
What term means further from the body surface? Example: Lungs are _______ to the rib cage.
deep
superficial
frontal
superior
Which plane is depicted with letter A?
sagittal plane
doral
frontal
posterior
Which plane is depicted with letter B?
midsagittal plane
parasagittal plane
frontal
posterior
Which plane is depicted with letter C?
midsagittal plane
parasagittal plane
frontal
posterior
What is a plane that runs vertically from top to bottom and divides the body into a front (anterior) portion and a back (posterior) portion?
sagittal
transverse
frontal
superior
What is the only plane that runs horizontally, dividing the body or structure into a top (superior) and bottom (inferior) half?
frontal (or coronal) plane
transverse (or horizontal) plane
sagittal plane
dorsal
Which body cavity can be subdivided into two main parts: the cranial cavity and the vertebral cavity?
dorsal body cavity
ventral body cavity
Which body cavity can be located toward the front of the body and contains our visceral organs (or guts). It can be divided into the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity. It is shaded blue in the picture?
dorsal body cavity
ventral body cavity
What body cavity houses the brain?
vertebral cavity
thoracic cavity
pleural cavity
cranial cavity
What body cavity houses the spinal cord?
vertebral cavity
thoracic cavity
pleural cavity
cranial cavity
What cavity, also called the chest cavity, sits superior (higher) to the abdominopelvic cavity, and it contains organs such as the heart, lungs, trachea, and esophagus. It can be divided into 3 parts?
thoracic cavity
dorsal cavity
vertebral cavity
cranial cavity
What part of the thoracic cavity contains the pericardial cavity (heart), trachea, esophagus, and thymus gland?
mediastinum
pleural cavity
cranial cavity
vertebral cavity
What part of the thoracic cavity houses the lungs?
mediastinum
left/right pleural cavities
cranial cavity
vertebral cavity
Which cavity contains organs such as the liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen, gallbladder, intestines and kidneys?
pelvic cavity
thoracic cavity
vertebral cavity
abdominal cavity
Which cavity contains the bladder, reproductive organs, and the distal portions of the large intestine (sigmoid colon and rectum)?
pelvic cavity
thoracic cavity
vertebral cavity
abdominal cavity
What quadrant houses the Liver, stomach, gallbladder, duodenum, right kidney, pancreas, and the right adrenal gland?
Right Upper Quadrant
Left Upper Quadrant
Right Lower Quadrant
Left Lower Quadrant
What quadrant houses the Liver, stomach, pancreas, left kidney, spleen, and the left adrenal gland?
Right Upper Quadrant
Left Upper Quadrant
Right Lower Quadrant
Left Lower Quadrant
What quadrant houses the appendix, reproductive organs, right ureter?
Right Upper Quadrant
Left Upper Quadrant
Right Lower Quadrant
Left Lower Quadrant
What quadrant houses the left ureter and reproductive organs?
Right Upper Quadrant
Left Upper Quadrant
Right Lower Quadrant
Left Lower Quadrant
What region has a prefix that means below or under. It has a suffix that means cartilage which refers to the cartilage of ribs?
left/right hypochondriac regions
left/right lumbar regions
left/right iliac regions
epigastric region
umbilical region
What region refers to the vertebrae in your lower back, which are the bones nearest to the lumbar region. That’s where this region gets its name?
left/right hypochondriac regions
left/right lumbar regions
left/right iliac regions
epigastric region
umbilical region
What region refers to the region that covers the top of the hip bone has what is called the iliac crest, and that’s the bone closest to the iliac region?
left/right hypochondriac regions
left/right lumbar regions
left/right iliac regions
epigastric region
umbilical region
What region is the region over and above the belly?
left/right hypochondriac regions
left/right lumbar regions
left/right iliac regions
epigastric region
umbilical region
What region is the region below the belly?
left/right hypochondriac regions
left/right lumbar regions
left/right iliac regions
epigastric region
hypogastric region
What region houses organs such as the liver, gallbladder, right kidney, and portions of the small and large intestine?
right hypochondriac
left hypochondriac
right lumbar
left lumbar
epigastric
What region houses portions of the liver, as well as the stomach, pancreas, duodenum, spleen, and adrenal glands?
right hypochondriac
left hypochondriac
right lumbar
left lumbar
epigastric
What region contains the spleen, large/small intestines, left kidney, pancreas, stomach, and tip of the liver?
right hypochondriac
left hypochondriac
right lumbar
left lumbar
epigastric
What region will you find portions of the ascending colon, small intestine, and right kidney?
right hypochondriac
left hypochondriac
right lumbar
left lumbar
epigastric
What region will you find parts of the descending colon, small intestine, and left kidney?
right hypochondriac
left hypochondriac
right lumbar
left lumbar
epigastric
What region will you find parts of the appendix, cecum, ascending colon, and small intestine?
right hypochondriac
hypogastric
right iliac
left iliac
umbilical region
What region will you find parts of the duodenum, the small intestine, as well as the transverse colon?
right hypochondriac
hypogastric
right iliac
left iliac
umbilical region
What region will you find parts of the bladder, portions of the sigmoid colon, small intestine, and reproductive organs?
right hypochondriac
hypogastric
right iliac
left iliac
umbilical region
What region will you find parts of the sigmoid colon, descending colon and small intestine?
right hypochondriac
hypogastric
right iliac
left iliac
umbilical region
