Anatomical language

Anterior (ventral)

• Front

• Back

• Upside down

• cranial

Posterior (Dorsal)

• Up

• Front

• Back

• Ventral

Superior (Cranial)

• Below

• Left

• Anatomical

• Above

Inferior (Caudal)

• Below

• Less than

• back

• Medial

Anatomical Position

• Feet backwards arms crossed

• Feet at shoulder distance, Arms facing forward held out

• Toes Forward at shoulder distance, Arms facing back

• Cardinal Plane

Lateral

• Side

• Above

• Lateral side raises

• back

Medial

• Front

• Back

• Middle

• Above

Proximal

• Approximate Location

• Point closest to the middle of the body

• Point in the limb farther away from the trunk of the body

• Point in limb closest to the trunk of the body

Distal

• A measurement in the body showing the distance between 2 organs

• Point in limb farther from the trunk of the body

• Point of limb closest to the trunk of the body

• The furthest points away from your head

Superficial

• Closer to surface of body

• Made up organelle of the body

• Outer shell of the heart

• Most inside portion of the body