Directional Terms
Common Terms
Body Planes
Body Systems
Common Terms
100

Ipsilateral

What is on the same side

100

Axial Region

What is head, neck, and trunk?

100

Anterior and Posterior

What is the frontal plane?

100

Protection

What is the integumentary system?

100

Lumbar

What is lower back?

200

Inferior

What is toward the feet?

200

Antebrachial

What is the forearm?

200

Superior and Inferior

What is the transverse plane?

200

Movement

What is the muscular system?

200
Brachial

What is upper arm?

300

Posterior

What is toward the back?

300

Femoral

What is the thigh?

300

Bilaterally symmetrical sections

What is the sagittal plane?

300

Breathing

What is the respiratory system?

300

Axillary

What is armpit?

400

Contralateral

What is on opposite sides?

400

Cubital

What is the elbow?

400

Belly from spine

What is the frontal plane?

400

Embryo

What is the reproductive system?

400

Antecubital

What is elbow pit?

500

Proximal

What is close to a point of reference?
500

Orbital

What is the eye?

500

Cut the appendicular region in half

What is the transverse plane?

500

Hormones

What is the endocrine system?

500

Abdominal

What is abdomen?