TEAM 3
Group Challenge No. 1
The Language of Anatomy
Working in small groups, complete the tasks described below. Work together, but don’t use a
figure or other reference to answer the questions. As usual, assume that the human body is in the
anatomical position.
1. Arrange the following terms
from superior to inferior:
cervical, coxal, crural, femoral,
lumbar, mental, nasal, plantar,
sternal, and tarsal.
Answer :
Nasal, mental, cervical, sternal,
lumbar, coxal, femoral, tarsal,
plantar.
2. Arrange the following terms
from proximal to distal:
antebrachial, antecubital,
brachial, carpal, digital, and
Palmar.
Answer:
brachial, antecubital,
antebrachial, carpal, palmar,
digital
3. Arrange the following terms
from medial to lateral:
acromial, axillary, buccal, otic,
pollex, and umbilical.
Answer
umbilical, buccal, otic, axillary,
acromial
4. Arrange the following terms
from distal to proximal:
calcaneal, femoral, hallux,
plantar, popliteal, and sural.
Answer:
hallux, plantar, calcaneal, sural,
popliteal, femoral
5. Name a plane that you could use to
section a fourlegged chair and still be
able to sit in the chair without falling
over.
Answer
Transverse is a plane you could use
to section a four legged chair without
it falling over. This plane is also
called axial plane, or transaxial plane,
the horizontal plane. It is an
imaginary plane that divides the body
into superior and inferior parts. It is
perpendicular to the sagittal plane and
coronal plane.
6. Name the abdominopelvic region
that is both medial and inferior to the
right lumbar region.
Answer.
 Hypogastric regionis inferior to
the umbilical region
 Lumbar regionS
-Lateral to the umbilical region
are the right and leftregions.
  Inguinal(iliac) regions.
Lateral to the
- Hypogastric region are the
right and left _____ regions.
7. Name the type of inflammation
(think “-itis”) that is typically
accompanied by pain in the lower
right quadrant.
Answer :
it is: Suffix meaning inflammation.
For example, colitis is literally colon
inflammation or figuratively
inflammation of the colon.