Rehab - Directional Terms

Toward the head (above)

• posterior

• distal

• Superior (Cranial)

• Inferior (Caudal)

toward the feet (below)

• Inferior (caudal)

• anterior

• transverse plane

• superior (cranial)

toward the midline

• proximal

• medial

• superior

• lateral

away from the midline

• posterior

• frontal plane

• lateral

• medial

anterior (ventral)

• back of the body

• front of the body

• farthest from point of attachment

• closest to the point of attachment

back of body

• inferior

• distal

• posterior (dorsal)

• anterior (ventral)

sagittal plane

• divides the body into a right and left side

• divides the body into inferior and superior portions

• toward the midline

• divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

transverse plane

• toward the feet (below)

• divides the body into right and left sides

• divides the body into superior and inferior parts

• divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

• frontal plane

• lateral

• sagittal plane

• transverse plane

Closer to the point of attachment

• anterior

• superior

• proximal

• distal