Anatomic Position
describes the body standing in the standard position
Anatomic Position
front side
Ventral
fat
adip/o
inside, within
end-
twice, double
di-
vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves
Midsagittal
back side
Dorsal
colon, large intestine
col/o
outside, outward
exo-
half
semi-
divides body into equal left and right portions
Sagittal
front of the body
Anterior
coronary, crown
coron/o
without
an-
equal, same
iso-
divides the body into anterior and posterior sections
Frontal
back of the body
Posterior
tissue
hist/o
both
ambi-
large
macro-
the plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
Transverse
higher on the body, near the head
Superior
uterus
hyster/o
two
bi-
small
micro-