Question

anterior superficial view

Answer 1

Discussing areas or specific points on the body, language or terminology is used in reference to the anatomical position.

The anatomical position is when a person stands errect, face pointing forward, arms at the side, palms facing forward and feet also pointing forward.

Anterior means further to the front or in front of and superficial means closer to the surface of the body. So we would say the lungs are anterior to the spine. sometimes the terms ventral and dorsal are used in place of anterior and posterior, where ventral means anterior and dorsal means posterior.

The sternum is superficial to the lungs.

anterior and posterior can also be used to decribe how you are looking at the body. while the body will always be referenced from the anatomicalposition, it can viewed from an anterior view, meaning looking at the bodyfrom the front.

Medial and lateral are another set of directional terms. Medial means toward the midline of the body, and lateral means toward the side of the body. Where the midline is an imaginary line that divides the body into left and right halves. So, we would say the heart lies medial to the lungs, or you could say the lungs lie lateral to the heart.

Lateral can also be used to describe how you are looking at the body. while the body will always ne refrenced from the anatomical position.

Next is peroximal and distal. proximal and distal are terms that are usually used when describing parts of the appendicular body.The axial body consists of the head , neck and trunk and the appendicular body consists of gthe limbs. proximal means closer to to the axial body and distal means further from the axial body or further from the trunk of the body. So we could say the thigh is proximal to the leg, or you could say the leg is distal to the high.