Medical Directional Terminology
Across
- 2. Farther inside the body or tissue and away from the skin
- 3. Toward the midline
- 6. Lying face down
- 11. Bending of a joint
- 12. Away from the midline
- 13. The belly side or anterior surface of the body
- 14. Front surface of the body
- 19. Motion towards the midline
- 20. Back surface of the body
- 21. Lying face up
- 24. Front region of the hand
- 25. Both sides of the midline
- 26. Farther from the trunk and nearer to the free end of the extremity
Down
- 1. Nearer to the head
- 4. Only one side of the body
- 5. The spinal side or posterior surface of the body
- 7. Semi-reclining with head elevated
- 8. Closer to or on the skin
- 9. Nearer to the feet
- 10. Bottom of the foot
- 15. Closer to the trunk
- 16. Straightening of a joint
- 17. The tip of a structure
- 18. Another term for "superior"
- 22. Another term for "inferior"
- 23. Motion away from the midline