SM Body Planes and Direction

Toward the head, top, above, upper

(a)  

Anterior or Ventral

(a)  

Toward the midline, middle

(a)  

Vertical plane running from side to side; divides body or any 

of it’s parts into anterior and posterior

(a)  

away from or farthest from the trunk or the point of origin of a part

(a)  

away from the head; lower, bottom, below

(a)  

A vertical plane running 

from front to back; divides the body or 

any of its parts into right and left sides

(a)  

toward or nearest the trunk (chest and abdomen), or the point to foreign of a part

(a)  

Posterior or dorsal

(a)  

away from the midline of the body; toward the side

(a)