Directional Terms
Anterior Body Landmarks
Posterior Body Landmarks
Body Planes
Abdominopelvic Regions & Quadrants
100

A body part that is below another body part

What is Inferior

100

Nasal

What is Nose

100

Gluteal

What is Buttocks

100

How does Coronal cut the body?

What is Front and Back

100

Organ located in the right upper quadrant

What is Liver

200

Towards the front

What is Anterior

200

Pelvic

What is Pelvis

200

Plantar

What is Bottom of Foot

200

How does Transverse cut the body

What is Top and Bottom

200

Organ located in the right lower quadrant

What is Appendix

300

Closer to the body's imaginary midline

What is Medial

300

Tarsal

What is Ankle

300

Cubital

What is Elbow
300
How does Sagittal cut the body

What is left and right vertically

300

Region where the bladder is located

What is Hypogastric


400

Further from the point of attachment

What is Distal

400

Brachial

What is Arm

400

Vertebral

What is Spinal Column

400

How does midsagittal cut the body

What is equal halves vertically

400
Region where the small intestines are mostly located

What is Umbilical

500
Towards or at the body surface

What is Superficial

500

Calcaneal

What is Heel

500

Popliteal

What is Back of Knee

500

What is a longitudinal cut

What is Vertical down the Midline

500

2 regions where the stomach is located

What are Left Hypochondriac and Epigastric