Directional Terms
At or near the front of the body (front view)
Was it Anterior?
A funnel-shaped space surrounded by pelvic bones
Was it the pelvic cavity?
A framework of bone or cartilage enclosing the brain of a vertebrate
Was it Skull?
Also called the shoulder blade, covers the ribs at the back of the thorax.
Was it Scapula?
toward the midline of a structure
Was it Medial?
At or near the back of the body (back view)
Was it Posterior?
A vertical plane running from side to side
Was it Coronal Plane?
the spine; the backbone
Was it Vertebral column?
Bone of the upper arm. Head fits into the gleniod cavity of the scapula.
Was it Humerous?
Away from the midline or toward the side of a structure.
Was it Lateral?
An imaginary vertical line that divides the body equally (right down the middle)
Was it Midline?
A hollow space surrounded by the rib cage
Was it the thoracic cavity?
A triangular bone in the lower back formed from fused vertebrae and situated between the two hipbones of the pelvis.
Was it Sacrum?
Thinner than the tibia and is that lateral bone of the lower leg.
Was it Fibula?
Away from or farthest from the trunk, or farthest from a structures point of origin
Was it Distal?
Farther from midline (side view)
Was It Lateral?
Anatomical plane that divides the body into right and left sections
Was it Sagittal Plane?
A small, triangular bone at the base of the spinal column
Was it coccyx?
Each foot contains seven of these bones which are in the heel area of the foot
Was it Tarsals?
Farther away from the body surface
Was it deep?