Medical Directional Terminology

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