Anatomical Terminology

Towards the head

• Plantar

• Palmar

• Cranial

• Caudal

A plane dividing an organism into dorsal and ventral sides

• Frontal

• Sagittal

• Transverse

Movement of a limb away from the abdomen

• Eversion

• Inversion

• Abduction

• Adduction

Towards the middle

• Lateral

• Proximal

• Rotation

• Medial

Which one is more DISTAL?

• Elbow

• Wrist

The front/belly side

• Dorsal

• Ventral

• Superior

• Inferior

Synonym to Posterior

• Anterior

• Ventral

• Dorsal

• Superior

Area between head and abdomen in many invertebrates

• Cranial

• Palmar

• Plantar

• Thorax

Plane dividing the body into superior and inferior parts

• Transverse

• Sagittal

• Frontal

Towards or on the surface

• Deep

• Caudal

• Superficial

• Eversion