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Directional Terms Noyes

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

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Class
Date
1.

If you are in a prone position ....

a)

You are lying on your stomach

b)

Your are lying on your back

c)

You are standing on your head

d)

You are sitting

2.

You make a medial sagittal cut starting in the umbilical region and ending at the sternum. What quadrant are you in?

a)

Epigastirc

b)

Right Lumbar

c)

Left Lumbar

d)

Left Hypochondriac

3.

You make transverse cut starting at the Right iliac region and heading toward the middle. You end up in this region

a)

Right Lumbar

b)

Left iliac

c)

Epigastric

d)

Hypogastric

4.

Which body cavity contains the lungs

a)

Cranial

b)

Pleural

c)

Pericardial

d)

Pelvic

5.

Which body cavity contains your large and small intestines

a)

Pleural

b)

Pelvic

c)

Abdominal

d)

Pericardial

6.

Which two body cavities are connected and share fluid

a)

Abdominal and Pelvic

b)

Pericardial and Pleural

c)

Cranial and Spinal

d)

Pelural and Cranial

7.

If I wanted to check on the health of your brain, without cracking open your skull, I could draw fluid from the

a)

Spinal Cavity

b)

Pleural Cavity

c)

Pericardial Cavity

d)

Abdominal Cavity

8.

Bottom or sole of your foot

a)

palmer

b)

planter

c)

dorsal

d)

caudal

9.

Palm of your hand

a)

palmar

b)

plantar

c)

dorsal

d)

Caudal

10.

toward or at the midline of the body

a)

distal

b)

lateral

c)

medial

d)

inferior

11.

close to the origin of a body part or point of attachment

a)

proximal

b)

distal

c)

dorsal

d)

inferior

12.

the elbow is _____ to the fingers

a)

distal

b)

deep

c)

superficial

d)

proximal

13.

toward or at the front of the body

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Dorsal

d)

Superior

14.

The nose is ___________ to the forehead

a)

posterior

b)

anterior

c)

inferior

d)

deep

15.

toward or at the backside of the body

a)

anterior

b)

distal

c)

lateral

d)

posterior

16.

toward the head end

a)

superior

b)

posterior

c)

inferior

d)

anterior

17.

the arms are __________ to the chest

a)

lateral

b)

medial

c)

posterior

d)

superficial

18.

the heart is _________ to the arm

a)

lateral

b)

superior

c)

medial

d)

inferior

19.

on an animal - towards the tail

a)

caudal

b)

dorsal

c)

ventral

d)

cephalic

20.

The back fin on a shark is in the _________ region

a)

Caudal

b)

Cephalic

c)

Dorsal

d)

Ventral

21.

The body system with white blood cells that helps with immunity

a)

lymphatic

b)

cardiovascular

c)

nervous

d)

endocrine

22.

Body system with the heart

a)

integumentary

b)

skeletal

c)

cardiovascular

d)

nervous

23.

Body system with hormones

a)

endocrine

b)

integumentary

c)

muscular

d)

nervous

24.

Main organ of the integumentary system

a)

brain

b)

heart

c)

lungs

d)

skin

25.

key organ in the nervous system

a)

kidney

b)

pituitary gland

c)

brain

d)

skin

26.

Main organ in the urinary system

a)

kidney

b)

heart

c)

brain

d)

skin

27.

System that helps you regulate water in your body

a)

nervous

b)

urinary

c)

skeletal

d)

endocrine

28.

Abdominal region located up by the ribs on the left side

a)

right hypochondriac

b)

left hypochondriac

c)

right iliac

d)

left lumbar

29.

Abdominal region directly below the right hypochondriach

a)

Right lumbar

b)

Right iliac

c)

umbilical

d)

Right hypogastric

30.

The bones are ______ to the skin

a)

superficial

b)

anterior

c)

lateral

d)

deep

31.

away from the midline of the body

a)

posterior

b)

anterior

c)

medial

d)

lateral

32.

the belly button (navel) is ______ to the breastbone (sternum)

a)

medial

b)

lateral

c)

deep

d)

inferior

33.

Telling me that the name of the muscle you accidentally cut is one of the quadriceps is an example of

a)

Anatomy

b)

Physiology

c)

Ms. Noyes's odd sense of ewwwwww

34.

discussing why your body cannot digest milk is an example of

a)

Anatomy

b)

Physiology

35.

Raising your right arm and your left leg would be an example of

a)

oblique

b)

ipsilateral

c)

contralateral

d)

sagittal

36.

if you are standing erect, facing forward, with your palms facing outward you are in

a)

an uncomfortable position

b)

anatomical position

c)

prone position

d)

supine position

37.

if you are lying on your back with your face facing upward you are in a

a)

erect position

b)

anatomical position

c)

supine position

d)

prone position

38.

Body system responsible for bringing oxygen in and carbon dioxide out

a)

digestive system

b)

urinary system

c)

cardiovascular system

d)

respiratory system

39.

system responsible for getting nutrients for your body

a)

muscular system

b)

skeletal system

c)

digestive system

d)

reproductive system

40.

A cut that results in a front half and back half

a)

transverse

b)

sagittal

c)

frontal (coronal)

d)

oblique

41.

cut that results in a top half and a bottom half

a)

transverse

b)

sagittal

c)

frontal (coronal)

d)

oblique

42.

cut that occurs at an angle

a)

transverse

b)

sagittal

c)

frontal (coronal)

d)

oblique

43.

The outside layer of the bag around your heart

a)

parietal

b)

visceral

c)

deep

d)

peripheral

44.

The inside layer of the bag around your brain

a)

parietal

b)

visceral

c)

central

d)

deep

45.

I am ready for this test, but I will still study some more tonight (there is a correct answers to this question)

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

I'm just going to wing it and hope for the best