Download Anatomical Orientation B Review

Mr. Stephens
Anatomy & Physiology
Name ____________________________ Class ______
Anatomical Orientation and Terminology (B-Review)
You are hired as an editor of a major newspaper. The paper, unfortunately, has hired an investigative reporter
who minored in anatomy while in college. One of your jobs is to translate his anatomical terms into plain
English (or Spanish) so that most people can understand his reports. Rewrite the sentences using more
common words to replace those in bold print.
1. The superior part of the cephalic region was injured.
2. A superficial wound in the brachial area was treated at the scene.
3. After the injury there was too much medial-lateral motion in the basketball player’s knee.
4. The injury was where the distal part of the upper arm meets with the proximal part of the
lower arm.
5. After the accident the victim’s foot was no longer inferior to the patellar region.
6. After the fight, his nose was no longer medial to the eyes.
7. The body was found in a supine position.
8. The window fell from the high building and cut the passerby along the midsagittal plane.
9. The victim had a transverse cut just posterior to the ribcage.
10. The wound was located in the right thorax just lateral to the mid-sagittal plane.
11. The patient reports numbness & tingling in the left lumbar area & pain in the femoral region.
12. The patient reported sharp cervical pain extending into the bilateral brachial regions.
13. The patient reported a recent fall on the sacral region with subsequent numbness extending
bilaterally to the femoral regions.