A&P Unit 1 Review: Body Organization & Terminology

Closer to the head.

• Anterior

• Proximal

• Superior

• Medial

A term meaning toward the front

• Cranial

• Caudal

• Ventral

• Dorsal

Toward the midline of the body

• Inferior

• Superficial

• Proximal

• Medial

Toward the surface of the body.

• Deep

• Superficial

• Inferior

• Distal

The body plane that divides the body into front and back portions.

• Sagittal

• Frontal

• Transverse

• Anterior

Away from the head.

• Inferior

• Lateral

• Deep

• Distal

Toward the back of the body.

• Superficial

• Distal

• Superior

• Posterior

The body plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions.

• Sagittal

• Frontal

• Transverse

• Oblique

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

Away from the surface of the body.

• Medial

• Inferior

• Proximal

• Deep

Away from the trunk.

• Superior

• Distal

• Lateral

• Anterior