Terms Flashcards
Inferior
Below or towards the feet
Superior
Above or towards the head
Anterior
Infront
Posterior
Back
Medial
Toward the middle
Lateral
Toward the side
Plantar
Bottom of the foot
Dorsal
Back
Palmar
Palms
Parietal
Top and sides of head
Thorax
Chest
Crural
Leg
Patellar
Front of knee/ knee cap
Femoral
Thigh
Pubic
Pubis
Inguinal
Groin
Coxal
Tail bone
Carpal
Wrist
Lumbar
Lower back
Acromial
Shoulder
Nuchal
Back of the neck
Appendage
Arm or leg
Cranial
Head
Cephalic
Head
Frontal
Forehead
Oral
Mouth
Cervical
Neck
Brachial
Arm
Tarsal
Ankles
Metacarpal
Hand
Cubital
Front of elbow
Mammary
Breast
Antebrachial
Forearm
Calcaneal
Heel
Sural
Leg/ calf
Popliteal
Back of knee
Gluteal
Butt
Sacral
Below lower back
Ophthalmic
Eyes
Facial
Face
Navel
Belly button/ umbilicus
Axillary
Arm pit
Volar
Palm
Zygomatic
Cheek
Cutaneous
Skin
Perineal
Between genitals and anus
Pedal
Foot
Temporal
Temples
Supraclavicular
Above collar bones
Buccal
Inside mouth
Pinna
Outside of ear
Occipital
Back of the head
Proximal
Close to the body (shoulder is proximal to hand)
Distal
Away from body (hand is distal to shoulder)