FS Body planes/ directional terms

Median line or sagittal plane

Divide the body into equal right and left halves

Frontal or coronal plane

Divide body into front and back halves

transverse plane

divide the body into a top and lower half

Anatomical position

Standing erect, facing forward, arms at side, palms forward

Superior

above another structure

Inferior

Below another structure

Anterior/ventral

front of the body

Posterior/dorsal

back side of the body

dextral

to the right

sinestral

to the left

lateral

to the side

medial

towards the middle

proximal

closer to the point of attachment

distal

further away from the point of attachment 

supine

lying on back facing up

prone

laying on stomach facing down

deep

through the surface

superficial

near the surface