Body terms

Anatomical position

The body is presented, facing forward with the toes, pointing forward, The, feet shoulder-width apart and the palms facing forward

Posterior/dorsal

Back

Anterior/Ventral

Front

Superior

Toward the head/ higher

Inferior

Away from the head, toward the tail, lower

Medial

Toward the middle

Lateral

Away from the middle

Proximal

Toward the point of origin

Distal

Away from the point of origin

Superficial

Toward the skins surface

Deep

Fathers away from the skins surface

Sagittal plane

Line that divides the body into right and left sections

Transverse Plane

Divides the body into upper and lower halves

Coronal plane

Divides the body into front and back sections