Anatomical Positions & Terms

This term is used only on the limbs (arms and legs)

• Proximal
• Deep
• Anterior
• Posterior

Compared to the heart, the skin is a _____ organ

• Deep
• Superficial
• Proximal
• Dorsal

This term DOES NOT mean below or farther away from

• Distal
• Inferior
• Caudal
• Transverse

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• Just lateral and inferior to right nostril

• Just lateral and cranial to left nostril 

• Exactly medial and superior to right nostril

• Exactly medial and caudal to right nostril

It describes a position below or lower than another part of the body

• Superior

• Anterior

• Inferior

• posterior

Divides body into top and bottom portions (superior-head; inferior-feat)

• Medial Plane
• Sagittal
• Proximal 
• Transverse Plane

Body is standing straight, facing forward, upper limbs at side and palms facing forward. 
*right and left refer to "right" and "left" of the body in position.

• Sagittal
• Anatomical Position
• Anterior Position
• Anatomical Plane

Closer to midline in relation to another part

• Deep

• Distal

• Medial

• Proximal

The knee is _______ to the ankle.

• proximal
• lateral
• distal
• medial

The head is ______ to the chest.

• superior
• dorsal
• inferior
• ventral