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My anatomy teacher had us create a game of the Directional terms.

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Question
Answer
The skin is________ to the muscle   Superficial  
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The muscle is ________to the skin   Deep  
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Movement away from the median plane of the body or one of its parts.   Abduction  
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Movement toward the median plane of the body   Adduction  
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The torso is ________ to the legs   Superior  
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The legs are________ to the torso   Inferior  
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The lungs are________to the heart   Lateral  
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The fingers are _______ to the shoulder   Distal  
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The wrist is________to the knuckle   Proximal  
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The spine is________to the ribs   Posterior  
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The ribs are________to the spine   Anterior  
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Parietal   pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity  
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Visceral   Pertaining to the covering of an organ  
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Prone   Lying horizontal with the face downward,or denoting the hand with the palms turned downward  
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The opposite of prone is?   Supine  
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Inversion is the exact difference of   Eversion  
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The opposite of Ipsilateral is   Contralateral  
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Superior is also known as   Cranial or Cephalad  
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Inferior is also known as   Caudal or Caudad  
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Intermediate is   Between two structures  
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True or false, medial is pertaining to the side.   False  
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If inferior is toward the feet then ________ is toward the head   Superior  
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True or false, lateral is toward the center of the body   False  
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Anterior means the same as ________ and posterior means the same as _______   Ventral, dorsal  
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True or false, superficial is toward the surface of the skin and deep is away from the heart.   False  
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