DIRECTIONS Flashcards
ENDO
WITHIN
INSIDE OF
PERI
AROUND
CIRCUM
AROUND
RETRO
BEHIND
EPI
UPON
ON TOP
TRANS
THROUGH
INTRA
WITHIN
SUB
BELOW
SUPERIOR
ABOVE ANOTHER BODY PART
INFERIOR
BELOW ANOTHER BODY PART
ANTERIOR
TOWARDS THE FRONT
POSTERIOR
TOWARDS THE BACK
MEDIAL
CLOSER TO THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
LATERAL
AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
PROXIMAL
CLOSER TO THE SPECIFIC POINT
DISTAL
AWAY FROM A SPECIFIC POINT
MIDSAGITTAL
DIVIDES THE BODY INTO LEFT AND RIGH PORTIONS
HORIZONTAL
DIVIDES THE BODY INTO SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR PORTIONS
FRONTAL
DIVIDES THE BODY INTO ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR PORTIONS
DORSAL AND VENTRAL
TWO MAJOR BODY CAVITIES
CRANIAL AND SPINAL
VERTEBRAL
TWO CAVITIES THAT MAKE UP THE DORSAL CAVITY
CRANIAL
BRAIN
CERTEBRAL
SPINE
THORACIC AND ABDOMINOPELVIC
TWO CAVITIES THAT MAKE UP THE VENTRAL CAVITY
ABDOMINAL CAVITY
HOUSES THE LUNGS, HEART AND TRACHEA
THORACIC CAVITY
HOUSES THE STOMACH, LIVER, SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINES
VENTRAL
TOWARDS THE FRONT
DORSAL
TOWARDS THE BACK
SAGITTAL
DIVIDES THE BODY INTO LEFT AND RIGHT
TRANSVERSE
DIVIDES THE BODY INTO SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR
CORDAL
DIVIDES BODY INTO ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR