Front | Back |
Ventral
|
The belly or underside of a body |
Cranial
|
Toward the head |
Anterior
|
Front of the body
|
Rostral
|
Nose end of the head |
Cephalic
|
Pertaining to the head
|
Medial
|
Toward the midline |
Superior
|
Uppermost, above, or toward the head
|
Proximal
|
Nearest the midline or nearest the beginning of a structure |
Superficial
|
Near the surface; also called external
|
Palmar
|
The caudal surface of the manus (front paw) including the carpus (from the antebrachial joint distally) |
Dorsal
|
To the back |
Caudal
|
Towards the tail |
Posterior
|
Rear end of the body
|
Caudal
|
Toward the tail |
Lateral
|
Away from the midline |