FEW ANATOMICL TERMS AND THEIR MEANINGS

ANATOMICAL TERMS	MEANINGS
SUPERIOR	ABOVE ANOTHER STRUCTURE
INFERIOR	BELOW ANOTHER STRUCTURE
VENTRAL / ANTERIOR	TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BODY
DORSAL / POSTERIOR	TOWARD THE BACK OF THE BODY
MEDIAL	TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
LATERAL	AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
IPSILATERAL	ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BODY
CONTRALATERAL	ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY
INTERMEDIATE	BETWEEN TWO STRUCTURES
CRANIAL	HEAD
CAUDAD	TAIL / TAIL END
PROXIMAL	TOWARD A REFERENCE POINT(EXTREMITY)
DISTAL	AWAY FROM A REFERENCE POINT(EXTREMITY)
SUPERFICIAL	TOWARD THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
DEEP	AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
AZYGOS	UNPAIRED MUSCLE
BRACHII	MUSCLE IN THE ARM
DENTATE	NOTCHED MUSCLES
ILIACUS	MUSCLE OF THE GRION
OS	A BONE
PALPEBRAE	THE EYELID