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- More toward the head, or above another structure
- superior, or cepahlic
- More toward the feet or tail, or below another structure
- inferior, or caudal
- More toward the front or belly-side of the body.
- anterior or ventral
- More toward the back or spinal cord side of the bodyq
- posterior, or dorsal
- Refers to the middle or near the middle of the body or the struture
- medial
- refers to the side
- lateral
- Tip or summit of an organ
- apex
- Bottom or lower part of an organ
- base
- Located nearer to the point of attachment to the body.
- proximal
- Located nearer to the point of attachment to the body
- distal
- More toward the surface of the body
- superficial
- Further away from the surface of the body
- deep
- The body lying horizontallly and facing upward
- supine
- The body lying horizontally and facing downward
- prone