Science TEAS

Sagittal (lateral)

Divides the body or any body part vertically into right and left, parallel to the midline of the body

Coronal (frontal)

Divides body into front and back (anterior/posterior), runs vertically through the body at right angles to the midline

Axial (transverse)

Divides body into imaginary upper (superior) and lower (inferior or caudal) halves

Medial

Nearer to the midline of the body

Lateral

Opposite of medial- structures further away from the midline

Proximal

Refers to the structure closer to the center of the body

Distal

Refers to the structures further away from the center of the body

Anterior

Refers to the structures in front

Posterior

Refers to structures behind

Cephalon and cephalic

Toward the head

Cranial

Of the skull

Caudad

Towards the tail or posterior

Caudal

Of the hindquarters

Right hypochondriac

Upper right region of the abdomen where the right kidney, liver, gallbladder, and small intestine are located

Epigastric

Upper center of abdomen (epi=on, above) where the stomach, liver, adrenal glands, spleen, pancreas, and small intestine are located

Left hypochondriac

Upper left abdomen where the left kidney, spleen, pancreas, and colon are located

Right lumbar

Middle right side of abdomen where the ascending colon, liver, and gallbladder are located

Umbilical

Center of the abdomen where small intestine, duodenum, and umbilicus are found

Left lumbar

Left middle abdomen where the descending colon and left kidney are located

Right iliac

Lower right side of abdomen where the cecum and appendix are located

Hypogastric

lower middle abdomen where the bladder, female internal reproductive organs and sigmoid colon are located (hypo=below, beneath, less than normal)

Left iliac

Lower left abdomen where the descending and sigmoid colon are