Anatomical Terminology
What means front?
Anterior or ventral
What does the Dorsal cavity contain?
the brain and spinal cord.
What means back?
Posterior or Dorsal
Which cavity contains the brain?
Cranial.
What means skull or head?
Cephalic.
What does the spinal cavity contain?
the spinal cord.
What means upper?
Superior
Which two cavities make up the ventral cavity?
Thoracic and Abdominopelvic.
What means lower?
anterior
Mediastinum.
What means towards the midline?
medial
What means away?
lateral
What means toward the point of attachment?
Distal
What means external?
Superficial
What means internal?
deep
What is the plane that divided the body into right and left parts?
What is a vertical cut at right angles to the sagittal plane?
Coronal plane
What is a horizontal Cut that divides the body?
Transverse.
What is the anatomical position?
A human being standing erect. with face forward, arms at the side and palms forward.