Unit 3: Directional Terminology Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. refers to the side or near the sides of the body or structure
- 6. plane divides body into left and right
- 7. more toward the head, or above another structure
- 9. moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground
- 10. turning the palm downward
- 14. the body lying horizontally and facing downward
- 16. movement of a body part around its axis
- 17. movement that turns the palm up
- 19. located farther away from the point of attachment to the body
- 22. Decreases the angle of a joint
- 23. located nearer to the point of attachment to the body
- 25. bends the foot downward at the ankle
- 27. Movement toward the midline of the body
- 28. more toward the surface of the body
- 29. further away from the surface of the body
- 30. movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle
- 31. more toward the front or belly-side of the body
- 32. circular movement of a limb at the far end
- 33. plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
Down
- 1. Turning the sole of the foot inward
- 2. raising a body part
- 4. turning the sole of the foot outward
- 5. Movement away from the midline of the body
- 8. rotation around a longitudinal axis laterally
- 10. moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground
- 11. increases the angle of a joint
- 12. Movement of the thumb to touch the fingertips
- 13. lowering a body part
- 15. flexion of spine (side bending) movement of head and/or trunk laterally away from midline; abduction of spine
- 18. rotation around a longitudinal axis medially
- 20. the body lying horizontally and facing upward
- 21. refers to the middle or near the middle of the body or structure
- 24. more toward the back or spinal cord side of the body
- 26. more toward the feet or tail, or below another structure
- 34. Plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts