Anatomical Terminology – MCQs

Anatomical Terminology – MCQs

1. Which of the following best describes the anatomical position?
A. Lying down, face up, palms down
B. Standing erect, looking forward, palms facing backward
C. Standing erect, eyes forward, arms by side, palms facing forward
D. Standing erect, arms folded across chest, palms inward
E. Sitting upright, head tilted backward
Answer: C

2. Which of the following planes divides the body into equal right and left halves?
A. Coronal plane
B. Transverse plane
C. Sagittal plane
D. Median plane
E. Oblique plane
Answer: D

3. Which of the following planes divides the body into anterior and posterior parts?
A. Coronal plane
B. Transverse plane
C. Sagittal plane
D. Median plane
E. Oblique plane
Answer: A

4. Which of the following postures refers to lying on the back, face upward?
A. Prone
B. Supine
C. Lithotomy
D. Right lateral
E. Left lateral
Answer: B

5. Which of the following terms describes lying face down?
A. Erect
B. Prone
C. Supine
D. Lithotomy
E. Lateral
Answer: B

6. Which of the following directional terms means towards the head?
A. Caudal
B. Inferior
C. Medial
D. Cephalic
E. Ventral
Answer: D

7. Which of the following terms refers to the opposite side of the body?
A. Ipsilateral
B. Contralateral
C. Unilateral
D. Bilateral
E. Lateral
Answer: B

8. Which of the following means nearer to the trunk?
A. Distal
B. Proximal
C. Medial
D. Lateral
E. Caudal
Answer: B

9. In the upper limb, which of the following borders is the ulnar border?
A. Outer border
B. Inner border
C. Superior border
D. Inferior border
E. Posterior border
Answer: B

10. Which of the following terms refers to the sole of the foot?
A. Dorsum of hand
B. Palmar surface
C. Dorsum of foot
D. Plantar surface
E. Posterior surface
Answer: D

11. Which of the following terms indicates towards the front and lower side?
A. Superomedial
B. Anteroinferior
C. Posterosuperior
D. Inferolateral
E. Anterosuperior
Answer: B

12. Which of the following movements is defined as carrying a body part forwards?
A. Extension
B. Flexion
C. Rotation
D. Abduction
E. Adduction
Answer: B

13. Which of the following movements describes a part forming a cone-like motion?
A. Rotation
B. Circumduction
C. Abduction
D. Adduction
E. Extension
Answer: B

14. Which of the following movements describes fingers moving away from the middle finger’s axis?
A. Flexion
B. Extension
C. Abduction
D. Adduction
E. Opposition
Answer: C

15. Which of the following movements is unique to the thumb?
A. Flexion
B. Extension
C. Opposition
D. Rotation
E. Circumduction
Answer: C

16. Which of the following describes pronation of the forearm?
A. Palm faces forward
B. Palm faces upward
C. Palm faces backward
D. Palm faces inward
E. Palm faces lateral side
Answer: C

17. Which of the following terms refers to the sole of the foot facing medially?
A. Eversion
B. Inversion
C. Dorsiflexion
D. Plantar flexion
E. Circumduction
Answer: B

18. Which of the following movements at the knee joint carries the leg backward, decreasing the angle?
A. Flexion
B. Extension
C. Abduction
D. Adduction
E. Rotation
Answer: A

19. Which of the following movements of toes is away from the long axis of the 2nd toe?
A. Flexion
B. Extension
C. Abduction
D. Adduction
E. Rotation
Answer: C

20. Which of the following terms means away from the median plane?
A. Medial
B. Intermediate
C. Lateral
D. Median
E. Cephalic
Answer: C