Directional Terms
Anterior
What is toward the front?
Celiac
Top and Bottom
What is the transverse plane?
Structure, support, protection
Vertebral
What is vertebrae or spinal column?
Superior
What is toward the head?
Appendicular Region
Left and Right
What is the sagittal plane?
Coordination
What is the nervous system?
Cephalic
What is pertaining to the head?
Distal
What is away from a point of reference?
Costal
What is the ribs?
Front and Back
What is the frontal plane?
Excrete waste
What is the urinary system?
Plantar
Superficial
What is on the outside?
Sacral
What is between the hips?
What is the sagittal plane?
What is the digestive system?
Coxal
What is pertaining to the hips?
Medial
What is toward the midline?
Gluteal
What is the buttocks?
Head from feet
What is transverse plane?
Oxygen throughout body
What is the circulatory system?
Cervical