Editing Anatomical terms of location (section)

=== Combined terms ===
[[File:Posterior Parietal Lobe.jpg|thumb|[[Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex]] highlighted in dark green]]
Many anatomical terms can be combined, either to indicate a position in two axes simultaneously or to indicate the direction of a movement relative to the body. For example, '''anterolateral''' indicates a position that is both anterior and lateral to the body axis (such as the bulk of the [[pectoralis major]] muscle), or to a named organ such as the [[anterolateral tibial tubercle]].<ref name="Moore2018">{{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=Keith L. |last2=Dalley |first2=Arthur F. |last3=Agur |first3=Anne M. R. |title=Clinically oriented anatomy |date=2018 |publisher=Wolters Kluwer |location=Philadelphia Baltimore New York London Buenos Aires Hong Kong Sydney Tokyo |isbn=9781496347213 |page=679 |edition=Eighth}}</ref> The term can also describe the direction and location of something that enters or courses through the body such as the [[anterolateral system]] in the [[spinal cord]], and the [[anterolateral central arteries]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anatonomina |url=http://terminologia-anatomica.org/en/Terms/Occurence/4050 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=terminologia-anatomica.org}}</ref>  Another term '''anteromedial''' is used for example in the [[anteromedial central arteries]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anatonomina |url=http://terminologia-anatomica.org/en/Terms/Occurence/4024 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=terminologia-anatomica.org}}</ref>

In the more internal [[brain]] and [[spinal cord]] of the [[central nervous system]] the terms [[#Dorsal and ventral|dorsal and ventral]] and their combinations are often used in place of anterior and posterior. In these organs numerous references need to be used, and in the brain for example the [[prefrontal cortex]] has the divisions of the [[dorsomedial prefrontal cortex]], and the [[dorsolateral prefrontal cortex]].  And the dorsomedial region has subcompartments that make use of other terms such as the [[anterior cingulate cortex]], and [[infralimbic cortex]]. Structures such as the anterior cingulate cortex may be divided anatomically based on cognitive ([[Dorsum (biology)|dorsal]]), and emotional ([[ventral]]) components.<ref name="Bush00">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bush G, Luu P, Posner MI | title = Cognitive and emotional influences in anterior cingulate cortex | journal = Trends in Cognitive Sciences | volume = 4 | issue = 6 | pages = 215–222 | date = June 2000 | pmid = 10827444 | doi = 10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01483-2 | s2cid = 16451230 }}</ref>

'''Proximodistal''' is the axis of an [[appendage]] such as an arm or a leg, taken from its tip at the distal part to where it joins the body at the proximal part.<ref name="UNSW2025"/>

In [[radiology]], various [[Projectional radiography|X-ray views]] uses [[Projectional radiography terminology|terminology]]  based on where the X-ray beam enters and leaves the body, including the front to back view ('''anteroposterior'''), the back to front view ('''posteroanterior'''), and the side view ('''lateral''').<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hofer |first1=Matthias |title=The Chest X-ray: A Systematic Teaching Atlas |year=2006 |publisher=Thieme |isbn=978-3-13-144211-6 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iERHEAWOk3oC&pg=PA24 |language=en}}</ref> Combined terms were once generally hyphenated, but typically the hyphen is omitted.<ref>{{cite dictionary |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dorsolateral |title=dorsolateral |date=29 September 2023 |dictionary=Merriam-Webster}}</ref>