Term Definitions
Definition of "medial"
What is toward the midline of the body
The heart is _____ to the lungs.
What is medial?
The plane that divides the body into left and right halves.
What is the midsagittal plane?
Opposite of superior
What is inferior?
Definition of "distal"
What is farther from the point of attachment or origin?
The eyes are ______ to the ears.
What is anterior?
The plane that divides the body into front and back poritons.
What is the coronal (or frontal) plane?
Opposite of anterior
What is posterior?
Definition of ipsilateral
What is on the same side of the body?
The spinal cord is ______ to the brain.
What is caudal or inferior?
What is the horizontal plane?
Opposite of proximal?
What is dital?