Toward the back toward the tail Bilateral.
Example of direction medial. Other intuitive terms can fail us however. The term lateral means further from the midline. Posterior or dorsal - back example the shoulder blades are located on the posterior side of the body.
The ears are mediallateral to the nose. An example of the use of this term is.
Now rotate the arm bringing your hand towards your opposite hip. Superior or cranial means toward the head end of the body or higherabove You can remember this because the head of a company is your superior at work. Medial epicondyle of femur.
Medial lateral and intermediate. The heart is medial to the lungs. Reaching the arm across the waist toward the opposite side of the body is also an example of medial rotation.
Toward the median plane. From this point the tip of the contour P i should satisfy the following three conditions see Fig. Used with respect to the midline of the trunk of a body in anatomical position.
This is medial rotation of the hip. Some of the terms are obvious like right and left. Superior is toward the head inferior toward the feet anterior toward the front of the body posterior toward.