Statistics for Anatomical Directional Terms

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Nearer to or at the back of the body	Posterior	100%
Nearer to or at the front of the body	Anterior	88%
Nearer to the midline	Medial	88%
Away from head, or lower structure. Not used with limbs	Inferior	75%
Towards the head or upper part. Not used with limbs	Superior	75%
Nearer to the attachment of a limb to the trunk; nearer to the origination of a structure	Proximal	63%
Farther from the attachment of a limb to the trunk; farther from the origination of a structure	Distal	50%
Farther from the midline	Lateral	50%
Towards or on the surface of the body	Superficial	38%
Away from the surface of the body	Deep	25%
On the opposite side of the body as another structure	Contralateral	13%
On the same side of the body as another structure	Ipsilateral	13%
Between two structures	Intermediate	0%

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