WorksheetsDirectional terms and planes of the body
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The body is erect with the feet slightly apart, palms facing out, and thumbs sticking out and away from the body
Medial
Anatomical Position
Sagittal Plane
Posterior
Toward or at the front of the body
Posterior
Distal
Lateral
Anterior
Away from the body surface; more internal
Proximal
Superficial
Deep
Frontal
Runs horizontally from right to left splinting the the body
Transverse Plane
Inferior
Sagittal Plane
Distal
Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of the limb to the body
Anatomical plane
Medial
Proximal
Distal
Toward the body surface
Frontal Plane
Superior
Anterior
Superficial
Toward the back of the body
Inferior
Transverse plane
Posterior
Deep
Away from the head or toward the lower part of the body
Medial
Inferior
Proximal
Superficial
Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body
Distal
Lateral
Anterior
Deep
Divides the body into front and back
Posterior
Sagittal Plane
Superficial
Frontal Plane
Away form the midline of the body
Lateral
Inferior
Medial
Distal
Toward the head or upper part of a structure of the body
Anterior
Superior
Superficial
Anatomical Position
A vertical plane that splits the body into right and left
Frontal plane
Inferior
Sagittal Plane
Deep
Toward the midline of the body
Lateral
Superior
Posterior
Medial
The trunk is...
Part of a tree
The head
The body
