ANATOMICAL
REFERENCE
POSTION
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Anatomical Position And Directional Terms - Anatomical Terms - Directional Terms Anatomy
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FACE FORWARD
ARMS ON THE SIDE
PALMS FACE FORWARD
FEET POINT FORWARD
ANATOMICAL
POSITION
Anatomical position is the description of
any region or part of the body in a specific
stance.
The anatomical position is the standard
reference orientation of the human body.
It is used to provide a clear and consistent
mechanism of describing the location of
structures.
DIRECTIONAL
TERMS
Directional terms describe the
positions of structures relative to other
structures or locations in the body.
Directional Terms
SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR OR
CRANIAL CAUDAL
Toward the head end Away from the head;
of the body; lower/below
upper/higher (example, The knees
(example, the nose is are inferior to the
superior (or cranial) pelvis).
to the chin.
Directional Terms
ANTERIOR OR POSTERIOR OR
VENTRAL DORSAL
Front Back
(example, The toes (example, The spine
are anterior (or is posterior (or
ventral) to the heel.) dorsal) to the
sternum).
Directional Terms
MEDIAL LATERAL
Toward the midline Away from the
of the body midline of the body
(example, The (example, The ears
sternum is medial to are lateral to the
the shoulders). nose).
Directional Terms
PROXIMAL DISTAL
closer to the further from the
shoulder (upper shoulder (upper
limb); closer to the limb); further from
hip (lower limb) the hip (lower limb)
(example, the elbow (example, the toes
is proximal to the are distal to the
wrist.). knee.).
Directional Terms
SUPERFICIAL DEEP
Superficial describes Deep describes a
a position closer to position farther from
the surface of the the surface of the
body. (example, the body. (example,the
skin is superficial to brain is deep to the
the bones). skull).
Directional Terms
Directional Terms
