Directional Terms
Common Terms
Body Planes
Body Systems
Common Terms
100

Anterior

What is toward the front?

100

Celiac

What is pertaining to the abdomen?
100

Top and Bottom

What is the transverse plane?

100

Structure, support, protection

What is the skeletal system?
100

Vertebral

What is vertebrae or spinal column?

200

Superior

What is toward the head?

200

Appendicular Region

What is arms and legs?
200

Left and Right

What is the sagittal plane?

200

Coordination

What is the nervous system?

200

Cephalic

What is pertaining to the head?

300

Distal

What is away from a point of reference?

300

Costal

What is the ribs?

300

Front and Back

What is the frontal plane?

300

Excrete waste

What is the urinary system?

300

Plantar

What is the sole of the foot?
400

Superficial

What is on the outside?

400

Sacral

What is between the hips?

400
Arms on separate sides

What is the sagittal plane?

400
Excrete Nutrients

What is the digestive system?

400

Coxal

What is pertaining to the hips?

500

Medial

What is toward the midline?

500

Gluteal

What is the buttocks?

500

Head from feet

What is transverse plane?

500

Oxygen throughout body

What is the circulatory system?

500

Cervical

What is pertaining to the neck?