1. Health Science Technology
Body Planes and
Directional Terms
Health Science Technology

2. All right class…first things first!
cephalic
Pos
Anterio
caudal

3. Review your body planes & directional terms!
posterior
lateral
Review your
body planes &
directional terms!
coronal
medial

4. Median (Midsagittal) Plane
Divides body into equal right and left halves.

5. Frontal (Coronal) Plane
Divides body into front and back portions.

6. Divides body into upper and lower portions.
Transverse Plane
Divides body into upper and lower portions.

7. Moving towards the midline of the body
Medial
Moving towards the midline of the body

8. Moving towards the side of the body
Lateral
Moving towards the side of the body

9. Anterior (Ventral)
Front part of body
anterior

10. Posterior (Dorsal)
posterior
Back part of the body

11. Superior Inferior (cephalic) (caudal) Towards the feet
Towards the head
Inferior
(caudal)

12. And you thought
anatomy would
be boring!