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Directions and plane
Anatomical directions and planes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dorsal / Posterior | toward the back |
| Ventral / Anterior | toward the front |
| Superior | above |
| Inferior | below |
| medial | towards the midline of the body |
| lateral | farther away from the body |
| distal | farther from the core |
| sagittal plane | slices an object down the middle making a left half and a right half |
| frontal plane | slices an object into a front and back half |
| transverse plane | divides and object into a upper and lower half |