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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Supine
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palm faces forward
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Prone
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palm faces backward
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Median plane
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vertical plane passing from the front to the back of the body through the midline
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sagittal plane
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plane parallel to the median plane
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coronal plane
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vertical plase passing at right angles to the median plane
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horizontal plane
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at right angles to both coronal and median planes; used for MRI and CT
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superior
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lie above
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inferior
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lie below
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anterior
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lie in front
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posterior
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lie behind
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ventral
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lie in front of a surface
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dorsal
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lie behind a surface
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superficial
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closer to a surface
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deep
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further from a surface
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medial
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closest to the midline
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lateral
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further from the midline
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proximal
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near to their origin or trunk
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distal
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far from their origin or trunk
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