Medical Terminology

Closer to Midline than another structure

• Medial

• Middle

• Halfway

• Median

More in back of or behind another structure

• Rear

• Posterior

• Hind

• Back

Lying Face Down

• Susceptible

• Vulnerable

• Prone

• Liable

Limbs only, further away from the root of the limb

• Distant

• Distal

• Faraway

• Farthest

Closer to the surface of the body

• Surface

• Exterior

• External

• Superficial

Closer to the head or higher

• Higher-ranking

• Higher-level

• Senior

• Superior

Farther away from the midline

• Sideways

• Lateral

• Sidewise

• Sidelong

Pertaining to both sides of the body

• Bilateral

• Cooperative

• Collective

• Communal

Lying face up

• Flat on one's back

• Prone

• Recumbent

• Supine

Side-bending left or right

• Oblique

• Crabwise

• Edgeways

• Lateral flexion