Lab 1 BIOD 151 anatomical position - ✔To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned forward sagittal plane - ✔divides body into left and right frontal plane - ✔Divides the body into front and back portions. transverse plane - ✔horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions anterior - ✔front of the body posterior - ✔toward the back superior - ✔toward the head inferior - ✔away from the head medial - ✔toward the midline lateral - ✔away from the midline proximal - ✔Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk distal - ✔farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk superficial - ✔near the surface deep - ✔away from the surface prone - ✔lying face down supine - ✔lying on the back axial region - ✔head, neck, trunk thoracic region - ✔chest area