anter/o
Front
caud/o
tail (downward)
Cephal/o
head (upward)
dist/o
away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
dors/o
back
infer/o
Below
Kinesi/o
movement
Later/o
side
Medi/o
Middle
Poster/o
back, behind
Super/o
above
ventr/o
Belly(front)
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ior
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
Endo-
within
Epi-
On, upon, over
hyper-
above, excessive
Hypo-
below, deficient, under
Inter-
between
Intra-
within
Sub-
under, below
Antomical Position
a body is standing upright and facing forward with arms at the sides and the plams of the hand facing forward
sagital plane (median plane)
Vertically divides the body into right and left sides
parasagittal plane
offset from the midline or midsagittal plane
coronal plane (frontal plane)
divides body into front and back
transverse plane (horizontal plane)
divides the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions
Axial part
head, neck, trunk
Appendicular
upper and lower limbs (arms and legs)
anterior or ventral
front of the body
posterior or dorsal
back of body
Superior or cranial
toward the top
Inferior or Caudial
towards the bottom
Medial
toward the midline
Lateral
away from the midline
Promixal
toward the trunk
Distal
Further from trunk