Directional Terms

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Across
  1. 3. A plane synonymous with coronal
  2. 6. Toward the middle of the body, or the middle of a structure
  3. 8. Laying on the one's back - face up
  4. 9. Toward the head of the patient
  5. 12. Synonymous with Midsagittal
  6. 14. Synonymous with cephalic or cranial
  7. 18. Located on the opposite side of the body
  8. 19. Synonymous with anterior
  9. 21. A vertical plane parallel to midsagittal which divides the body into unequal left and right portions
  10. 23. A vertical plane that runs from front-to-back and divides the body into equal right and left halves
  11. 24. Synonymous with posterior
  12. 25. Laying face down
  13. 26. Neither supine or prone; with one side of the body in contact with the table
Down
  1. 1. Laying down
  2. 2. A vertical plane that runs left-to-right, or right-to-left in the body and divides it into anterior and posterior planes
  3. 4. Farther from the attachment of an extremity to the trunk, or from the origin of a body part
  4. 5. Away from the body surface, or internal
  5. 7. Synonymous with caudal
  6. 10. Laying down on one's side with the dependant side of the body down
  7. 11. Located on the same side of the body
  8. 13. A term used synonymously with parasagittal
  9. 15. Towards the patient's feet
  10. 16. Toward the back, or behind another structure
  11. 17. Away from the midline of the body, or pertaining to the side
  12. 20. A plane that runs parallel to the ground from anterior to posterior in the body and divides it into cephalic and caudal portions
  13. 22. Toward the front of the body, or in front or another structure