| A | B |
|---|
| antero | front |
| caudo | tail;downward |
| cephalo | head; upward |
| disto | away from point of reference |
| dorso | back |
| infero | below |
| latero | side |
| medio | middle |
| postero | back, behind |
| proximo | near the point of reference |
| supero | above |
| ventro | belly; front |
| anterior | pertaining to the front |
| posterior | pertaining to the back |
| inferior | pertaining to below |
| superior | pertaining to above |
| distal | pertaining to away; from point of reference |
| proximal | pertaining to near the point of reference |
| dorsal | pertaining to the back |
| ventral | pertaining too the belly;front |
| caudal | pertaining to the tail |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| anteroposterior or AP | pertaining to the front and back |
| posteroanterior or PA | pertaining to the back and to the front |
| lateral | pertaining to the side |
| medial | pertaining to the middle |
| unilateral | pertaining to one side only |
| bilateral | pertaining to two sides |
| mediolateral | pertaining to the middle and the side |
| mediad | toward the middle |
| cephalad | toward the head |
| coronal (frontal) | verticle field, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions |
| sagittal | verticle field; dividing the body into right and left sides |
| transverse | horizontal field; dividing the body into upper and lower portions |
| umbilical region | around the naval or umbilicus |
| epigastric region | directly above the umbilicus region |
| hypogastric region | directly below the umbilical region |
| hypochondriac regions | to hte right and left of the epigastgric region |
| lumbar regions | to the right and left of the umbilical region |
| iliac regions | to the right and left of the hypogastric region |
| ant | anterior |
| AP | anteroposterior |
| inf | inferior |
| lat | lateral |
| LLQ | left lower quandrant |
| LUQ | left upper quandrant |
| med | medial |
| PA | posteroanterior |
| RLQ | Right lower quandrant |
| RUQ | right upper quandrant |
| sup | superior |
