Editing Anatomical terms of location (section)

===Hands and feet===
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[[Image:Hand Directional Axes.JPG|thumb|right|Anatomical terms used to describe a human hand]]

Several anatomical terms are particular to the hands and feet.<ref name="Gray's"/> Additional terms may be used to avoid confusion when describing the surfaces of the hand and what is the "anterior" or "posterior" surface. The term "anterior", while anatomically correct, can be confusing when describing the [[Hand|palm]] of the hand; Similarly is "posterior", used to describe the back of the hand and arm. This confusion can arise because the forearm can [[pronate]] and [[supinate]] and flip the location of the hand. For improved clarity, the directional term '''palmar''' ({{ety|la|palma|palm of the hand}}) is commonly used to describe the front of the hand, and '''dorsal''' is the back of the hand. The [[palmar fascia]] is ''palmar'' to the [[tendon]]s of muscles which flex the fingers, and the [[dorsal venous arch]] is so named because it is on the dorsal side of the foot.

In humans, '''volar''' can also be used synonymously with ''palmar'' to refer to the [[Hand#Areas|palm of the hand]], and can also be used to refer to the [[Sole (foot)|sole of the foot]].<ref name="Collins3">{{cite web |title=Volar |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/volar#google_vignette |access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref> But ''palmar'' is used exclusively for the palm of the hand, and '''plantar''' is used exclusively for the sole of the foot.<ref name="Collins3"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Plantar |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plantar |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=16 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref> 

Similarly, in the [[limb (anatomy)|limbs]] for clarity, the sides are named after the bones. In the [[forearm]], structures closer to the [[radius (bone)|radius]] are '''radial''', structures closer to the [[ulna]] are '''ulnar''', and structures relating to both bones are referred to as '''radioulnar''', such as the [[distal radioulnar joint]].<ref name="Dyan">{{cite journal|author=Dyan V. Flores |author2=Darwin Fernández Umpire |author3=Kawan S. Rakhra |author4=Zaid Jibri |author5=Gonzalo A. Serrano Belmar |journal= Radiographics|title=Distal Radioulnar Joint: Normal Anatomy, Imaging of Common Disorders, and Injury Classification|date=18 Nov 2022|volume=43 |issue= 1|pages= e220109|url=https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/rg.220109|doi=10.1148/rg.220109|pmid=36399415 |s2cid=253627145 }}</ref> Similarly, in the [[Human leg|lower leg]], structures near the [[tibia]] (shinbone) are '''tibial''' and structures near the [[fibula]] are '''fibular''' (or '''peroneal''').