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WorksheetsDirectional Terms
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the importance of directional term in healthcare?
To store energy
To protect organs
To accurately communicate descriptive data
To form contractile fibers
What does the term "medical" refer to in anatomical terms?
Toward the body's midline
Away from the body's midline
Toward the front of the body
Toward the back of the body
Which term describes a position away from the body's surface?
Superficial
Deep
Anterior
Posterior
What is the term for lying horizontally facing upward?
Prone
Supine
Lateral
Medial
What does the term "superior" mean in anatomical terms?
Below
Above
Toward the back
Toward the front
What is the meaning of "ipsilateral"?
The opposite side
The same side
Both sides
One side
What does "unilateral" mean?
Both sides
One side
The opposite side
The same side
Which movement involves turning the palm upward?
Forearm promation
Forearm supination
Shoulder lateral rotation
Elbow extension
Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections?
Sagittal plane
Transverse plane
Frontal plane
Midsagittal plane
What is the term for rotating the shoulder inward?
Shoulder lateral rotation
Shoulder medial rotation
Elbow flexion
Scapular protraction
What is the movement called when the shoulder or hip rotates toward the midline?
Lateral rotation
Medial rotation
Horizontal abduction
Horizontal adduction
Which term refers to the movement of the arm away from the midline at shoulder level?
Horizontal adduction
Horizontal abduction
Flexion
Extension
Away from the surface of the body
Superficial
Proximal
Deep
Distal
Toward the surface to the body
Lateral
Superficial
Deep
Proximal
Closer to the trunk
Proximal
Deep
Lateral
Distal
Away from the trunk
Proximal
Superficial
Deep
Distal
Away from the midline of the body
Distal
Lateral
Superficial
Deep
Below another part of the body
Superior
Inferior
Distal
Proximal
Toward midline
Ventral
Dorsal
Medial
Lateral
Front of the body
Ventral
Dorsal
Medial
Lateral
Back of the body
Ventral
Dorsal
Medial
Lateral
Words that act like a coordinate system to describe a human in the anatomical position
Body Cavities
Body planes
