This example asks us to put some marks on this body based on our anatomical directional terms, and as we look, we have a silhouette of a female body looking towards the right. So first off, we want to put an asterisk anterior to the calf muscle. Well, the calf muscle is down here in the back of the leg, and anterior means anywhere towards the front of the body. So I'm going to put an asterisk right on the shin here. Pretty good.
Next up, we have an 'o' posterior to the navel or the belly button. Well, the navel or belly button right here in the front of the abdomen. Posterior to that, posterior means anywhere towards the back of the body. So I'm going to put my 'o' sort of behind the belly button right here, kind of on the small of the back. Next up, we have a plus on the ventral side of the neck.
Remember ventral and dorsal, we said you're less likely to be responsible for, but you should know them just because they come up so much. So ventral means towards the front or towards the belly of the body. So the front of the neck is where we're going to put this plus sign. I'm going to put it right here. And then finally, 'x' on the dorsal side of the abdomen.
The dorsal side of the abdomen, dorsal towards the back of the body, abdomen that, you know, the middle part of your trunk. Well, that's right where I put the 'o' on the small of the back, but I'll put an 'x' right next to it. All right. With that, we have some more practice problems below, and I'll see you in the next video.