Body Directions Terms
Body Direction Terms
Major Body Cavities
100
Ventral
What refers to the front or belly side of the organ or body?
100
Superior
What means uppermost, above,or toward the head?
100
Dorsal Cavity
What describes the located along the back of the body and head, contains organs of the nervous system that coordinate body functions and is divided into 2 portions?
200
Dorsal
What refers to the back of an organ?
200
Cephalic
What means toward the head?
300
Anterior
What means situated in the front or forward part of the body or organ?
300
Caudal
What is the opposite of Cephalic?
400
Posterior
What means situated in the back?
400
Proximal
What means situated nearest the midline of the body?
500
Inferior
What means lowermost, below, or toward the feet?
500
Distal
What means farthest from the midline of the body?