Anatomy Directional Terms

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Across
  1. 5. Transverse planes produce images referred to as...?
  2. 7. The cavity of the body that is enclosed by the rib cage
  3. 11. Describes a position farther from the surface of the body
  4. 14. Describes the side or direction toward the side of the body
  5. 16. Describes a position above or higher than another part of the body
  6. 17. The plane that divides the body or an organ vertically into right and left sides
  7. 19. Describes a position below or lower than another part of the body
  8. 20. The plane that divides the body or organ horizontally into upper and lower portions
  9. 22. Another word for superior
  10. 23. The term that describes when the body is divided in unequal left & right sides
  11. 24. The plane that divides the body or an organ into an anterior (front) portion and a posterior (rear) portion
Down
  1. 1. Describes a position closer to the surface of the body
  2. 2. Another word for posterior
  3. 3. Describes a position in a limb that is farther from the point of attachment
  4. 4. The term that the frontal plane is also referred to as
  5. 6. The cavity of the body that encloses the spinal cord
  6. 8. The largest cavity in the body
  7. 9. Another word for inferior
  8. 10. Another word for anterior
  9. 12. Describes the middle or direction toward the middle of the body
  10. 13. Describes the back or direction toward the back of the body
  11. 15. The cavity of the body that houses the brain
  12. 18. Describes a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment
  13. 21. Describes the front or direction toward the front of the body