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All right class…first All right class…first things first!things first!

Anterio

Pos

caudal

cephalic

Review your body planes &

directional terms!coronal

posterior

medial

lateral

Median Median (Midsagitt(Midsagittal) Planeal) Plane

Divides body into Divides body into equal right and left equal right and left

halves.halves.

Frontal Frontal (Coronal) (Coronal)

PlanePlane

Frontal Frontal (Coronal) (Coronal)

PlanePlane

Divides body into front Divides body into front and back portions. and back portions.

TransversTransverse Planee Plane

TransversTransverse Planee Plane

Divides body into Divides body into upper and lower upper and lower

portions.portions.

MediMedialal

Moving towards the Moving towards the midline of the bodymidline of the body

Lateral

Lateral

Moving towards Moving towards the side of the the side of the

bodybody

Anterior Anterior (Ventral)(Ventral)Front part of bodyFront part of body

anterioranterior

PosterioPosterior r

(Dorsal)(Dorsal)

Back part Back part of the bodyof the body

posterioposterio

rr

SuperioSuperiorr

(cephalic)(cephalic)

InferiInferioror

(caudal(caudal))

Towards Towards the headthe head

Towards Towards the feetthe feet

And you thought anatomy would

be boring!