Directional Terms for the Human Body
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- Superior
- Toward the head; toward the top
- Inferior
- Away from the head; toward the bottom
- Anterior
- Toward the front
- Posterior
- Toward the back
- Medial
- Toward the midline
- Lateral
- Away from the midline of the body
- Internal
- Away from the surface of the body
- External
- Toward the surface of the body
- Proximal
- Toward the trunk of the body
- Distal
- Away from the trunk of the body