PRACTICAL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
◉ Proximal. Answer: Nearer to the trunk of the body
◉ Distal. Answer: Farther from the trunk of the body
◉ Anterior. Answer: front of the body
◉ Posterior. Answer: back of the body
◉ Lateral. Answer: away from the midline
◉ Medial. Answer: toward the midline
◉ Caphalad. Answer: toward the head
◉ Caudal. Answer: toward the tail
◉ Dorsal. Answer: back of body part
,◉ Ventral. Answer: front of a body part
◉ superficial. Answer: near the surface
◉ deep. Answer: away from the surface of the body
◉ sagittal plane. Answer: divides body into left and right halves
◉ midsagittal plane. Answer: divides the body into equal left and
right halves
◉ Transverse plane. Answer: divides the body into superior and
inferior halves
◉ umbilical region. Answer:
◉ right/left iliac region. Answer:
◉ hypogastric region. Answer:
◉ epigastric region. Answer:
, ◉ right/left lumbar region. Answer:
◉ right/left hypochondriac region. Answer:
◉ trachea. Answer:
◉ diaphragm. Answer:
◉ heart. Answer:
◉ lung. Answer:
◉ liver. Answer:
◉ stomach. Answer:
◉ spleen. Answer:
◉ small intestine. Answer:
◉ large intestine. Answer: