Anatomy Orientation and Directional Terms

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What is the term that describes something on the opposite side of the body?

Contralateral (correct)

Ipsilateral

Posterior

Mandible

Sphenoid bone (correct)

Maxilla

Zygomatic bone

Through which foramen does the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve pass?

Lambdoid suture

Foramen ovale (correct)

Foramen rotundum

Superior orbital fissure

What is the largest paranasal sinus?

Maxillary sinus Signup and view all the answers

What is the nerve supply to the lateral rectus extraocular muscle?

Abducens nerve (cranial nerve VI) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the direction toward the back of the body?

Posterior or dorsal Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the plane that divides the body into a left and right side?

Sagittal plane Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for something situated below or at a lower level?

Inferior Signup and view all the answers

Where is the liver usually located?

Upper right quadrant of the abdomen Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the fatty part of the hand at the base of the thumb?

Thenar eminence Signup and view all the answers

What direction is described as toward the front of the body?

Anterior Signup and view all the answers

What is another term for the chest?

Thorax Signup and view all the answers

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What is the term that describes something on the opposite side of the body?

Which bone forms the pterygoid processes?

Through which foramen does the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve pass?

What is the largest paranasal sinus?

What is the nerve supply to the lateral rectus extraocular muscle?

What is the term for the direction toward the back of the body?

What is the name of the plane that divides the body into a left and right side?

What is the term for something situated below or at a lower level?

Where is the liver usually located?

What is the term for the fatty part of the hand at the base of the thumb?

What direction is described as toward the front of the body?

What is another term for the chest?

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