The Language of Anatomy
ABDOMINAL
ABDOMEN
ACROMIAL
POINT OF SHOULDER
ANTEBRACHIAL
FOREARM
ANTECUBITAL
FRONT OF ELBOW
AXILLARY
ARMPIT
BRACHIAL
UPPER ARM
BUCCAL
CHEEK
CALCANEAL
HEEL
CARPAL
WRIST
CEPHALIC
HEAD
CERVICAL
NECK
COXAL
HIP
CRURAL
SHIN
DIGITAL
FINGERS/TOES
DORSUM
BACK
FEMORAL
THIGH
FIBULAR (PERONEAL)
SIDE OF LEG
FRONTAL (CORONAL)
FOREHEAD
GLUTEAL
BUTT
HALLUX
BIG TOE
INGUINAL
GROIN
LUMBAR
MID-LOW BACK
MAMMARY
BREAST
MANUS
HAND
MENTAL
CHIN
NASAL
NOSE
OCCIPITAL
BACK OF HEAD
OLECRANAL
ELBOW
ORAL
MOUTH
ORBITAL
EYE
OTIC
EAR
PALMAR
PALM
PATELLAR
KNEE
PEDAL
FOOT
PELVIC
PELVIS
PERINEAL
TAINT
PLANTAR
SOLE
POPLITEAL
BACK OF KNEE
POLLEX
THUMB
PUBIC
GENITAL
SACRAL
LOWER BACK
SCAPULAR
SHOULDER BLADE
STERNAL
BREASTPLATE
SURAL
CALF
TARSAL
ANKLE
THORACIC
CHEST
UMBILICAL
NAVAL
VERTEBRAL
SPINAL
SUPERIOR
UP TOWARDS THE HEAD
INFERIOR
DOWN TOWARDS THE FEET
ANTERIOR (VENTRAL)
FRONT OF BODY
POSTERIOR (DORSAL)
BACK OF BODY
MEDIAL
TOWARDS THE MIDLINE, CENTER
LATERAL
AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE, OUTER
PROXIMAL
MOVE TOWARDS THE BODY
DISTAL
MOVE TOWARDS THE LIMB
SUPERFICIAL
SURFACE OF THE SKIN
DEEP
INTERNAL
FRONTAL (CORONAL) PLANE
SPLITS FRONT AND BACK
SAGGITAL
LEFT ARM/LEG, RIGHT ARM/LEG
MIDSAGGITAL (MEDIAL)
SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE
TRANSVERSE
SPLITS TOP FROM BOTTOM
DORSAL CAVITY
CRANIAL AND VERTEBRAL CAVITIES
CRANIAL CAVITY
BRAIN
VERTEBRAL CAVITY
SPINAL CORD
VENTRAL CAVITY
THORACIC AND ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITIES
THORACIC CAVITY
HEART AND LUNGS
ABDOMINAL CAVITY
DIGESTIVE VISCERA
PELVIC CAVITY
BLADDER, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, RECTUM