Health Science Technology
All right class…first All right class…first things first!things first!
Anterio
Pos
caudal
cephalic
Review your body planes &
directional terms!coronal
posterior
medial
lateral
Median Median (Midsagitt(Midsagittal) Planeal) Plane
Divides body into Divides body into equal right and left equal right and left
halves.halves.
Frontal Frontal (Coronal) (Coronal)
PlanePlane
Frontal Frontal (Coronal) (Coronal)
PlanePlane
Divides body into front Divides body into front and back portions. and back portions.
TransversTransverse Planee Plane
TransversTransverse Planee Plane
Divides body into Divides body into upper and lower upper and lower
portions.portions.
MediMedialal
Moving towards the Moving towards the midline of the bodymidline of the body
Lateral
Lateral
Moving towards Moving towards the side of the the side of the
bodybody
Anterior Anterior (Ventral)(Ventral)Front part of bodyFront part of body
anterioranterior
PosterioPosterior r
(Dorsal)(Dorsal)
Back part Back part of the bodyof the body
posterioposterio
rr
SuperioSuperiorr
(cephalic)(cephalic)
InferiInferioror
(caudal(caudal))
Towards Towards the headthe head
Towards Towards the feetthe feet
And you thought anatomy would
be boring!