Murrieta Valley Unified School District



Directional Terms Lab

Answer the following concerning a human.

1. What is located medial to the eyes?

2. What is located lateral to the eyes?

3. What is inferior to the nose?

4. What is superior to the nose?

5. What is inferior to the mouth?

6. What is superior to the knee?

7. What is located on the anterior side of a human?

8. What is located on the posterior side of a human?

9. Which of the features of the face is most proximal to the neck?

10. Which of the features of the face is most distal to the neck?

11. What movement is it called when the body moves the arms in an outward motion?

12. Use three directional terms to describe the location of the patella.

13. Use three directional terms to describe the location of the gluteal region.

14. Using three different movement terms describe a person kicking a ball.

15. Use three movement terms that describe a person that is putting their hand on the heart for the pledge of allegiance.

***Make sure to follow directions exactly. ***The best you can draw an outline of a person and cut out.

1. First draw a face (eyes, nose, and mouth) on the specimen to give it some orientation.

2. On the dorsal side of the specimen draw a large “D”.

3. Somewhere on the ventral side of the specimen draw a large “V”.

4. On each lateral side, somewhere level with the eyes draw a medium-sized dot.

5. Make a transverse line directly superior to the eyes

6. Make another transverse line directly inferior to the mouth

7. Make a coronal line from one of the medium-sized dots to the other.

8. For your final line, make a sagittal line through the midline of the specimen.

9. Draw a transverse line between the right superior tarsal region and inferior to the right patellar region.

10. Draw a sagittal line between the left superior tarsal region and inferior to the left patellar region.

11. On the posterial side, draw a heart that is inferior to the sacral region.

12. On the left anterior thoracic region , draw a shield. ( like this one. [pic] ) What organ is inferior to the shield?

13. On the posterior draw hair along the midsagittal plane on the occipital region to the frontal region. There should be no hair on the left or right lateral regions. What league football game do our football players usually wear this haircut?

14. From the right posterior gluteal region draw a line to the left lumbar region and a line to the right scapular and a line to the left deltoid region.

15. Draw a cupcake on the ventral midsagital surface that is distal to the mandibular region and proximal to the nasal area.

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