anatomical directional terms

• medial - towards the middle
• medial - away from the sides
• lateral - away from the midline
• superior - above or toward the head, aka cranial
• inferior - below or away from the head, aka caudal
• proximal - towards the attachment point or the trunk
• distal - away from the attachment of the body or trunk
• anterior - in front of the body, toward the front of the body, toward the front of the head, aka ventral
• posterior - back off the body, toward the back of the body, akd dorsal
• superficial - towards the body surface or closer to the surface
• deep - away from the surface or farther from the surface
• unilateral - one-side of the body
• bilateral - two sides of the body
• ipsilateral - on the same side of the body
• contralateral - opposite side of the body, opposite side of the brain, opposite side of the body part
• intermediate - in between of two organs