Biology: ANATOMICAL POSITION

a reference posture of the human body, in which the anterior view of the human body is shown standing with legs slightly apart, feet forward, palms facing forward.

lying or resting on the back with the face, palm, etc., upwards

Lying with the front or face downward.

situated in a higher position on the body, closer to the head and farther from the feet.

a part of the body located below another; the opposite of superior.

the forward position.

Located behind a part or toward the rear of a structure.

pertaining to, situated in, or oriented toward the midline of the body.

Relating to or situated at or on the side.

nearest to a point of reference, as to a center or median line or to the point of attachment or origin.

farther from any point of reference.

a vertical plane through the body parallel to the median plane (or to the sagittal suture) and dividing the body into left and right portions.

one passing horizontally through the body, an organ, or a part at right angles to the median and frontal planes, dividing it into upper and lower portions

the frontal plane, in anatomy, is an imaginary plane that divides the body into anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) halves along the longitudinal (left-right) axis.

Toward or near a surface; confined to or pertaining to a surface

A fibrous layer of tissue that envelopes muscles.

pertaining to the abdomen or to any venter.

pertaining to the back of the body

The space within the walls of the chest, bounded below by the diaphragm and above by the neck, and containing the heart and the lungs.

The space bounded by the abdominal walls, diaphragm, and pelvis and containing most of the organs of digestion, the spleen, the kidneys, and the adrenal glands.

The space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and pelvic girdle.

the space between the diaphragm and the groin. There is no structurally distinct separation between the abdomen and pelvic regions.

Relating to the top part of the spine that is composed of the seven vertebrae of the neck and the disks that separate them.

pertaining to the back of the head.

pertaining to the part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.