Basic Anatomical Terms 1:

1. Standard Anatomical Position: head, palms, & sole of feet facing foward

2. Supine: body is facing face foward

3. Prone: lying face down, a person will be on their back laying down

4. Aspect: the way you view something, the position varies on the way someone is looking at something

5. Anterior: viewing patient from back

6. Lateral Aspect: looking at the body from the side

Terms used in order to locate something that is next to something else:

7. Superficial: closer to the body surface

8. Deep: farther from the body surface

9. Superior: closer to the head

10. Inferior: closer to the feet

11. True or False? the is superior to the neck? True

12. Medial: closer to midline of the body

13. Lateral: farthest from the midline

14. Is your hand lateral or medial to the body? Lateral

15. Is the abdomen lateral or medial to the body? medial

16. Proximal: closer to the heart

17. Distal: farther away from the heart

18. Can the terms proximal & distal work for the head and neck? yes, distal = top of head, & proximal = lower part of the head

19. Chest = thorax

20. Upper limb regions: brachium (arm), antebrachium (forearm), hand

21. Lower Limb Regions: foot, crus (leg), thigh

22. Sagittal: body is divided in the center of body

23. Coronal: front and back of the body is divided

24. Axial Plane: body is divided into cross sections