Body Planes and Directions

1) A section that is cut vertically down the body, dividing the body into right and left.
2) If it is cut equally, it is a...

A section that is cut vertically down the body, splitting it into anterior and possterior parts.

A section cut horizontally, dividing into superior and inferior parts

Above

Below

In front of

Behind

On the inner side of.
Ex: the heart is ____ to the arms

on the outer side of
ex: the arms are ___ to the chest

Closer to the point of attatchment to the body trunk.
ex: the elbow is ___ to the wrist

Farther from the point of attatchment to the body trunk.
ex: the knee is ___ to the thigh

At the body surface
ex: the skin is ___ to the skeleton

Away from the surface, more internal
ex: the lungs are ___ to the rib cage