Anterior (ventral) - Answer Toward the front of the body
Posterior (dorsal) - Answer Toward the back of the body
Medial - Answer Toward the midline of the body
Lateral - Answer Toward the side of the body
Proximal - Answer Nearer to the point of attachment or to a given reference point
Distal - Answer Farther point of attachment or from a given reference point
Superior (cranial) - Answer Above; toward the head
Inferior (caudal) - Answer Below; toward the lower end of the spine
Superficial (external) - Answer Closer to the surface of the body
Deep ( internal) - Answer Closer to the center of the body
Sagittal - Answer Cut through the midline of the body from front to back dividing the
body into right and left sections
Frontal (coronal) - Answer Cuts at a right angle to the midline, from side to side dividing
the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections.
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