1- Verbal Map Flashcards
Body facing forward with palms forward
Anatomical position
Divides body from left to right
Sagittal Plane
Parallel to the sagittal plane shifted left or right
Parasagittal Plane
split from front to back
Coronal Plane
Split from top to bottom
Transversal Plane
Inline with the center of the body (Head, Neck, Trunk)
Axial Parts
your appendages (arms & legs)
Appendicular parts
front of the body
Anterior or Ventral
towards the back of your body
Posterior or Dorsal
towards the top of the body
superior or cranial
towards the bottom of the body
Inferior or Caudial
towards the center line of your body
Medial
Away from the centerline of your body
Lateral
towards the trunk
Proximal
farther away from the trunk
Distal