| A | B |
|---|
| ANATOMICAL POSITION | STANDING ERECT WITH THE ARMS AT THE SIDES AND PALMS TURNED FORWARD |
| SUPERIOR/CRANIAL/CEPHALIC | TOWARD THE HEAD, UPPER, ABOVE |
| INFERIOR/CAUDAL | TOWARD THE FEET, LOWER, BELOW |
| ANTERIOR | FRONT, IN FRONT OF, SAME AS VENTRAL IN HUMANS |
| POSTERIOR | BACK, IN BACK OF SAME AS DORSAL IN HUMANS |
| MEDIAL | TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF A STRUCTURE |
| LATERAL | AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OR TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE |
| PROXIMAL | TOWARD OR NEAREST THE TRUNK, OR NEAREST THE POINT OF ORIGIN OF A STRUCTURE |
| DISTAL | AWAY FROM OR FARTHEST FROM THE TRUNK, OR FARTHEST AWAY FROM A STRUCTURE'S POINT OF ORIGIN |
| SUPERFICIAL | NEARER THE BODY SURFACE |
| DEEP | FARTHER AWAY FROM THE BODY SURFACE |
| MIDSAGITTAL PLANE | SAGITTAL PLANE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES |
| FRONTAL (CORONAL) PLANE | LENGTHWISE PLANE THAT DIVIDES A STRUCTURE INTO ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SECTIONS |
| TRANSVERSE PLANE | HORIZONTAL PLANE THAT DIVIDES A STRUCTURE INTO UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS |
| VENTRAL/FRONTAL CAVITY CONTAINS | THE THORACIC CAVITY AND THE ABDOMINALOPELVIC CAVITY |
| THE DORSAL CAVITY CONTAINS | CRANIAL AND THE SPINAL CAVITY |
| THORACIC CAVITY CONTAINS | THE PERICARDIAL CAVITY AND LUNGS |
| EXTERNAL | REFERS TO STRUCTURES ON THE OUTSIDE |
| INTERNAL | REFERS TO STRUCTURES ON THE INSIDE |
| CENTRAL | REFERS TO LOCATIONS AROUND THE CENTER OF THE BODY (TORSO AND HEAD) |
| PERIPHERAL | REFERS TO THE EXTREMITIES (ARMS AND LEGS) OR SURROUNDING OR OUTER REGIONS |
| DORSAL CAVITY | CONTAINS CRANIAL CAVITY AND THE SPINAL CAVITY |
| CRANIAL CAVITY | CONTAINS BRAIN |
| SPINAL CAVITY | CONTAINS SPINAL CORD |
| PRONE | BODY IS LYING FACE-DOWN |
| SUPINE | BODY IS LYING FACE-UP |
| THE STRUCTURE THAT DIVIDES THE THORACIC CAVITY FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY IS THE | DIAPHRAGM |
| RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGION | UPPER RIGHT ABDOMINAL REGION |
| EPIGASTRIC REGION | UPPER MIDDLE ABDOMINAL REGION |
| LEFT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGION | UPPER LEFT ABDOMINAL REGION |
| RIGHT LUMBAR REGION | MIDDLE RIGHT ABDOMINAL REGION |
| UMBILICAL REGION | MIDDLE ABDOMINAL REGION |
| LEFT LUMBAR REGION | MIDDLE LEFT ABDOMINAL REGION |
| RIGHT ILIAC REGION | LOWER RIGHT ABDOMINAL REGION |
| HYPOGASTRIC REGION | LOWER MIDDLE ABDOMINAL REGION |
| LEFT ILIAC REGION | LOWER LEFT ABDOMINAL REGION |
| RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT | CONTAINS GALLBLADDER, RIGHT KIDNEY, AND MAJORITY OF LIVER |
| LEFT UPPER QUADRANT | CONTAINS STOMACH, SPLEEN, LEFT KIDNEY, AND SMALL PORTION OF LIVER |
| RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT | CONTAINS APPENDIX, AND PARTS OF SMALL INTESTINE AND COLON |
| LEFT LOWER QUADRANT | CONTAINS PARTS OF SMALL INTESTINE AND COLON |
| X-RAY | AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION UTILIZED TO FORM A TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF THE BODY FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES |
| COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) | IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC TOOL THAT COMBINES A SERIES OF X-RAYS TO GIVE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEW |
| MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) | IMAGING TECHNIQUE UTILIZING HIGH-INTENSITY MAGNETISM TO PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY BODY IMAGES FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES |
| ULTRASOUND (SONOGRAPHY) | USES SOUND WAVES INSTEAD OF RADIATION TO IMAGE THE BODY; ALLOWS BODY ACTIONS TO BE IMAGED IN REAL TIME |
