directional terms

In the anatomical position, the face and palms are on the _body surface;

Anterior

The trachea is____ to the spine.

Anterior

The heart is ___ to the veterbral column and ___to the lungs

Anterior and lateral

The wrist is _____ to the hand.

Distal

The Kidneys are ___ to the liver.

Inferior

The ears are __ and __ to the shoulders and __ to the nose.

Medial, Superior and lateral

The buttocks and shoulder blades are on the _ body surface.

Posterior

The elbow is __ to the fingers but __ to the shoulder.

Proximal and distal

If an incision cuts the heart into right and left parts, the section is a __ section

Sagittal

In quadruped animals, the dorsal surface is the

Superior

The top of the head is the most __ part of the body;

Superior

If the heart is cut so that superior and inferior portions result, the section is a

Transverse

You are told to cut a dissection animal along two planes so that both kidneys are observable in each section. The two sections that will always meet this requirement are the __ sections

distal and transverse

The abdominopelvic cavity is ___ to the thoracic cavity and __ to the spinal cavity.

inferior and anterior

The thumb is ____to the ring finger

lateral

The nose is ____ to the cheekbones

medial

In humans the dorsal surface can be called

posterior

A section that demonstrates the continuity between the spinal and cranial cavities is a __ section

sagittal

The skin is ____ to the skeleton

superfical

The brain is ___ to the spinal cord

superior

The thorax is __ to the abdomen

superior