Fill in the Blanks TermsOnline version Body Orientation, Direction, Planes, and Sections by Sarah Rages Henning 1 inferior transverse ventral superior lateral inferior sagittal posterior superior anterior anterior frontal distal posterior frontal anterior distal proximal inferior anterior superior In the anatomical position , the umbilicus and knees are on the body surface ; the buttocks and shoulder blades are on the body surface ; and the soles of the feet are the most part of the body . The ears are and to the shoulders and to the nose . The breastbone is to the vertebral column ( spine ) and to the shoulders . The elbow is to the shoulder but to the fingers . THe thoracic cavity is to the abdominopelvic cavity and to the spinal cavity . In humans , the surface can also be called the surface ; however , in quadruped animals , the ventral surface is the surface . If an incision cuts the brain into and parts , the section is a section ; but if the brain is cut so that anterior and posterior portions result , the section is a section . You are told to cut a dissection animal along two planes so that the lungs are observable in both sections . The two sections that meet this requirement are the and sections .