Which term means away from the center of the body?

Which term means away from the center of the body?

• A. Cephalalgia
• B. Peripheral
• C. Cerebrospinal
• D. Hemiparesis

Answer: (B)

Direction describes where something is in relation to the center of the body. Peripheral means away from the center, toward the outer edges or the limbs. That makes it the correct term when talking about location relative to the body's center, such as nerves or vessels that reach out to the limbs. The other terms don’t describe position relative to the center: cephalalgia is headache (a symptom location), cerebrospinal refers to the brain and spinal cord (a system, not a direction), and hemiparesis is weakness on one side of the body (a deficit, not a directional term). So, away from the center is described as peripheral.

Direction describes where something is in relation to the center of the body. Peripheral means away from the center, toward the outer edges or the limbs. That makes it the correct term when talking about location relative to the body's center, such as nerves or vessels that reach out to the limbs.

The other terms don’t describe position relative to the center: cephalalgia is headache (a symptom location), cerebrospinal refers to the brain and spinal cord (a system, not a direction), and hemiparesis is weakness on one side of the body (a deficit, not a directional term). So, away from the center is described as peripheral.