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Directional Medical Terminology

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the importance of directional terms in healthcare?

a)

To store energy

b)

To protect organs

c)

To accurately communicate descriptive data

d)

To form contractile fibers

2.

What does the term "medial" refer to in anatomical terms?

a)

Toward the body's midline

b)

Away from the body's midline

c)

Toward the front of the body

d)

Toward the back of the body

3.

Which term describes a position away from the body's surface?

a)

Superficial

b)

Deep

c)

Anterior

d)

Posterior

4.

What is the term for lying horizontally facing upward?

a)

Prone

b)

Supine

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

5.

What does the term "superior" mean in anatomical terms?

a)

Below

b)

Above

c)

Toward the back

d)

Toward the front

6.

What is the meaning of "ipsilateral"?

a)

The opposite side

b)

The same side

c)

Both sides

d)

One side

7.

What does "unilateral" mean?

a)

Both sides

b)

One side

c)

The opposite side

d)

The same side

8.

Which movement involves turning the palm upward?

a)

Forearm pronation

b)

Forearm supination

c)

Shoulder lateral rotation

d)

Elbow extension

9.

Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections?

a)

Sagittal plane

b)

Transverse plane

c)

Frontal plane

d)

Midsagittal plane

10.

What is the term for rotating the shoulder inward?

a)

Shoulder lateral rotation

b)

Shoulder medial rotation

c)

Elbow flexion

d)

Scapular protraction

11.

What is the movement called when the shoulder or hip rotates toward the midline?

a)

Lateral rotation

b)

Medial rotation

c)

Horizontal abduction

d)

Horizontal adduction

12.

Which term refers to the movement of the arm away from the midline at shoulder level?

a)

Horizontal adduction

b)

Horizontal abduction

c)

Flexion

d)

Extension

13.

Match the following terms

a)

away from the surface of the body

1.

deep

b)

toward the surface fo the body

2.

superficial

c)

closer to the trunk

3.

proximal

d)

away from the trunk

4.

distal

e)

away from the midline of the body

5.

lateral

14.

below another part of the body

a)

superior

b)

inferior

c)

distal

d)

proximal

15.

toward midline

a)

ventral

b)

dorsal

c)

medial

d)

lateral

16.

front of the body

a)

ventral

b)

dorsal

c)

medial

d)

lateral

17.

back of the body

a)

ventral

b)

dorsal

c)

medial

d)

lateral

18.

Words that describe the location of one structure in relation to another. These terms are also used to indicate specific locations on organs or bones.

a)

Body Planes

b)

Body Cavities

c)

Directional terms

19.

Words that act like a coordinate system to describe a human in the anatomical position.

a)

Body Cavities

b)

Body planes

20.
Using the diagram above (Directional Terms 1) Identify the directional term the letter L is referring to.
a)
Dorsal
b)
Superior
c)
Caudal
d)
Inferior
21.
Using the diagram above (Directional Terms 1) Identify the directional term the letter M is referring to.
a)
Dorsal
b)
Ventral
c)
Superior
d)
Inferior