Body Directional Terms

• Anterior-
– toward the front or abdominal surface of the body
• Posterior –
– toward the back of the body
• Dorsal –
– back surface ( bipeds)
• Ventral –
– front surface (bipeds), bell surface quadruped
• Superior –
– toward the head ( upper portion of the body above another structure)
• Inferior –
– away from the head ( a part lower than another structure)
• Medial –
– toward the midline of the body
• Lateral –
– away from the midline of body ( to the side; example your ears is on the lateral surface of the body)
• Distal –
– part of an extremity that is farther from the point of attachment of the extremity to the trunk (example
the wrist is distal to the elbow)
• Proximal -
– part of an extremity that is nearer the point of attachment of the extremity to the trunk ( example the
 Body Directional Terms

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 Body Directional Terms

• Longitudinal –
– any cut that is along the longest axis of the body
• Sagittal –
– a longitudinal cut that divides the body into right and left
portions
• Mid sagittal –
– a sagittal cut that divides the body into equal right and left halves
• Coronal -
– a longitudinal cut that divides the body into anterior and
posterior portions
• Transverse –
– a cut that divides the body at right angles to its long axis; in
(bipeds superior from the inferior)
Body Directional Terms

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Body Directional Terms

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 Measurement
• Measure objects using the metric system
• Convert from one unit to another for length,
mass, and volume
• Most of the world uses the metric system
which is based on units related to each other
by factors of 10
Measurement
 Measurement Practice

a. 60 cm = ------ mm
b. 2.2 kg = ------ g
c. 13.6 um = ------ cm
d. 12,200 ml = ------ l
e. 0.21 m = ------ cm
f. 76.85 g = ------kg
g. 0.3 l = ------ ml
h. .20 m = ----- mm
i. If 1 kg = 2.2lbs, how much kilograms is
0.16lbs? = ------- kg