Anatomical Terms Flashcards
Anatomical position
Standing straight up
Facing straight ahead
feet parallel and close
Palms facing forward
Aterior(ventral)
In front or in the front part
Posterior / dorsal
Behind, in back, or in the rear
Posterior part or upper surface of
Palmar/planter
Relating to the Palm(hand) or bottom surface (foot)
Lateral
On or to the side, outside
Further from the mid line or the middle
Medial and median
Middle or center
near mid-line/middle
Inferior (infra)
Below in relation to another structure; caudal
Superior (sopra)
Above in relation to another structure; higher, cephalic
Anterolateral
In front and to the side (outside)
Anteromedial
In front and to wards the medial
Posteromedial
Behind and to the inner side
Posterosuperior
Behind and at the upper part
Inferolatreal
Below and out side
Superolater
Above and out side
Supeamedial
Above and midline middle
Distal
Away from brunch away from point of origin
Proximal
Nearest the trunk or the point of origin
Controlateral
Pertaining or relating to the opposite side
Bilateral
Both right and left sides of the body
Ipsilateral
On the same side
Superficral
Near the surface
Deep
Beneath a below the surface
Prone
Body lying face down
Supine
Lying on back face upward position of body
Frontal
Lateral, from shoulder to ankle, front facing
Sagittal plane
Aterioroposteior, splits bode in left and right
Transverse
Horizontal
