Medical Directional Terminology

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