1. Directional Terms Practice

2. The Language of Anatomy
Write the following terms on the index cards at your lab bench
Superior, inferior, anterior, posterior, medial, lateral, proximal, distal, ventral and dorsal
Then place them in the proper location on one of your lab partners.

3. Directional Terms Practice
Write a statement for each of the six pairs of directional terms. The statement should show the relationship of each pair.
E.x. “The wrist is distal to the elbow, but the shoulder is proximal to the elbow.”
Use the following structures
Nasal region (use medial/lateral)
Otic region (use superior/inferior)
Digital region (use anterior/posterior)
Patellar region(use distal/proximal)
Scapular region
Dorsum
Gluteal
Sural

4. Directional Terms Practice
On a notecard list five sets of body regions and directional terms that can be applied to those body regions.
Exchange your card with another group.
Then you and your partner(s) will write a sentence for each set of terms.
E.X Otic/nasal (medial/lateral)

5. Cervical/thoracic (medial/lateral)
More Practice : )
Write a sentence (if possible) using the body regions and directional terms given. If is sentence cannot be written using the information given, explain why that is the case.
Cervical/thoracic (medial/lateral)
Knuckles/back of hand (anterior/ventral)
Olecranal/gluteal (proximal/distal)