Anatomical Direction Terms
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- Superior
- toward the head or upper part of the structure
- Inferior
- away from the head or toward the lower part of the structure
- Anterior
- near to the front of the body
- Posterior
- nearer to the back of the body
- Medial
- nearer to the the mid-line of the body or structure
- Intermediate
- between two structures (one lateral and one medial)
- Proximal
- closer to the trunk
- Distal
- further from the trunk
- Superficial
- toward or on the surface of the body
- deep
- away from the surface of the body
- supine
- face up
- prone
- face down
- cranial
- head end
- caudal
- tail end
- dorsal
- back or top
- ventral
- front
- Sagittal plane
- divides into unequal left and right
- Frontal (coronal)
- divides into front and back
- Horizontal (transverse) plane
- divides into upper and lower
- Lateral
- farther from the mid-line of the body or structure
- Midsagittal (median) plane
- divides into equal left and right