Directional Terms
The term describing a region that is far away from the reference point
What is Distal?
The pectoral region.
What is the chest?
The foot
What is the pedal region?
The abdominal region is ______________ to the lumbar region.
What is anterior?
Describes the location of a cut on the skin.
What is superficial?
A term used to describe a body region which is close to the middle.
What is medial.
The phanlanges region.
What is the fingers/toes?
The upper and middle back region.
What is the thoracic region?
The phalanges is ______________ compared to the brachial region.
What is distal?
Your shoulder is ______________ to your fingers.
What is proximal?
Below, beneath, lower than.
What is inferior?
The gluteal region.
What is the buttocks?
The point of the neck region.
What is the cervical region?
The pectoral region on the right side compared to the pelvic region on the right side is described as: ______.
What is ipsilateral?
Describes the position of your left hand compared to your right hand.
What is contralateral?
The surface that is also referred to as the back of something.
What is posterior?
The cephalic region.
What is the head?
The upper portion of the arm.
What is the brachial region?
The orbital region of the face is ____________ to the frontal region of the face.
What is inferior?
The sacral region compared to the pelvic region.
What is posterior?
A reference term which indicates a body region is away from the midline.
The popliteal region.
What is the back of the knee?
Region of the thigh.
What is the femoral region?
Describes the position of your belly button.
What is medial?
Describes your arms compared to your belly.
What is lateral?