Direction
Surface
Cavities
Diseases
Directions & Planes
100
toward the back (not rear)
What is dorsal?
100
top part of the foot
What is dorsal?
100
contains the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
100
caused by an infection
What is infectious?
100
lateral
What is laying on the side?
200
toward the belly
What is ventral?
200
bottom of the front foot
What is palmar?
200
contains the reproductive organs
What is the pelvic cavity?
200
can spread easily
What is contagious?
200
The part furthest from the midline.
What is distal?
300
toward the head
What is cranial?
300
bottom of the rear foot
What is plantar?
300
contains the spinal cord
What is the spinal cavity?
300
caused by doctor or treatment
What is iatrogenic?
300
The part closest to the midline.
What is proximal?
400
toward the tail
What is caudal?
400
closer to the inside
What is deep?
400
contains the major organs of digestion
What is the abdominal cavity?
400
acquired in the hospital
What is nosocomial?
400
The plane that divides the body into cranial and caudal parts.
What is transverse?
500
toward the nose
What is rostral?
500
closer to the outside
What is superficial?
500
contains the heart and lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
500
unknown origin or particular to an individual
What is idiopathic?
500
The plane that divides the body into right and left halves (not necessarily equal).
What is sagittal?
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