ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Superior or cranial-toward the head end of the body; upper (example, the hand is part of the superior extremity). Inferior or caudal-away from the head; lower (example, the foot is part of the inferior extremity).

Detailed explanation-2: -Superior: refers to body parts above or towards the head. Inferior refers to something below or away from the head. Superficial: when something is closer to the body’s surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -A&P TERMINOLOGY Superior: above (ex: head is superior to feet). Inferior: below (ex: feet are inferior to the head). Cephalic: relative term meaning nearer to the head (ex: collar bone is cephalic to the sternum).

Detailed explanation-4: -Superior and inferior (cranial and caudal) are used when referring to parts of the body which are toward an end of the body. Superior structures are toward the head (cranial) while inferior (caudal) structures are toward the feet.

Detailed explanation-5: -On a human body, dorsal (i.e., posterior) refers to the back portion of the body, whereas ventral (i.e., anterior) refers to the front part of the body. The terms dorsal and ventral are also often used to describe the relative location of a body part.