PHYSIOLOGY (Anatomical position)

• • Body is

  standing erect

  • Face Forward

  • Upper limbs at

  the sides

  • Palms forward
• Superior – above
• Inferior – below
• Anterior – toward the

  front (ventral)
• Posterior – toward

  the back (dorsal)
• Medial – midline

  dividing body into

  right and left halves
• Lateral – toward side
• Bilateral – paired structures,

  one on each side (ie. The

  lungs)
• Ipsilateral – structures on

  same side (ie. Right lung and

  right kidney)
• Contralateral – structures on

  opposite sides
• Proximal – body part is closer to point of attachment to the

  trunk than another body part (ie. The elbow is proximal, closer to the trunk, than the

  wrist
• Distal – body part is

  farther from a point of

  attachment to the

  trunk than another

  body part (ie. Fingers

  are distal, further from

  the trunk, than the

  wrist
• Superficial – near

  the surface
• Deep – more internal