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Why would you want to know these terms? Well, let´s say you have injured your knee and are
having pain on the "outside" part of the joint. To find out what kind of injury you may have
suffered, you search for references for "pain on the outside of the knee." However, you find
many different directional terms besides outside and inside. The correct terminology is lateral
and medial. So which part of your knee has pain? That is where understanding anatomical
direction terms is needed.
The image below is a diagram of a human figure in the anatomic position.
Label the directional arrows with the fundamental direction terms.
Direction Term Definition
Anterior Toward the front of the body or in front of another structure
Distal Away from the midline or trunk. Away from the point of origin.
