Anatomical terminology and body planes
Across
- 3. Another word for posterior and refers to toward the back
- 8. Away from the head (caudal)
- 10. The plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections
- 13. Lying face upward
- 15. Used to describe a linear structure this is closer to the body
- 16. Body erect, face forward, feet together, palms face forward
- 17. Towards the head (cephalic)
Down
- 1. Used to describe a linear structure that is further away from the body
- 2. The plane of the body that passes through the midline
- 4. Any plane on an angle other than one at a right angle
- 5. Lying face downward
- 6. Opposite to lateral and discussed relative to the midline
- 7. The plane that cuts an organ along the length of the organ
- 9. Another word for anterior
- 11. Opposite to deep and discussed relative to the surface of the body
- 12. The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections
- 13. A plane of the body that passes in the same direction but to the left or right of the midline
- 14. To cut an organ at right angles to its length you create a transverse or ? section