Directional terms, cavities, organs, and planes

Match the following

• towrad the midline

• Proximal

• away to the point of attachement

• Inferior

• Closer to the point of attachment

• medial

• away from the midline

• lateral

• toward the tail

• Distal

Match the following

• away from the surface

• posterior

• toward the head

• superior

• toward the back

• deep

• front of the body

• anterior

• near the surface

• superficial

Match the following

• on the same side of the body as another structure

• contralateral

• on the opposite side of the body from another structure

• Intermediate

• between the two structure

• ipsilateral

The hands are _ to the feet.

• superior

• inferior

The knees are _ to the waist

• superior

• inferior

The stomach is _ to the small intestine.

• superior

• inferior

• medial

• lateral

The liver is _ to the lungs.

• superior

• inferior

• medial

• lateral

The lungs are _ to the heart.

• superior

• inferior

• medial

• lateral

The trachea is _ to the esophagus.

• medial

• inferior

• anterior

• posterior

The pancreas is _ to the stomach.

• superior

• anterior

• lateral

• posterior