Enum: AnatomicalSide
Anatomical sides as defined in the Biological Spatial Ontology (BSPO).
An anatomical region bounded by a plane perpendicular to an axis through the middle.
Permissible Values
| Value | Title | Meaning | Description | Aliases | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEFT | Left side of a bilaterally symmetric organism | BSPO:0000000 | |||
| RIGHT | Right side of a bilaterally symmetric organism | BSPO:0000007 | |||
| ANTERIOR | Front/ventral side in most animals, toward the head | BSPO:0000055 | front, rostral, cranial (in head region) | ||
| POSTERIOR | Back/dorsal side in most animals, toward the tail | BSPO:0000056 | back, caudal | ||
| DORSAL | Back side of organism (top in humans when standing) | BSPO:0000063 | back (in vertebrates), upper (in humans) | ||
| VENTRAL | Belly side of organism (front in humans when standing) | BSPO:0000068 | belly, front (in vertebrates), lower (in humans) | ||
| LATERAL | Away from the midline | BSPO:0000066 | side, outer | ||
| MEDIAL | Toward the midline | BSPO:0000067 | inner, middle | ||
| PROXIMAL | Closer to the point of attachment or origin | BSPO:0000061 | commonly used for limbs | ||
| DISTAL | Further from the point of attachment or origin | BSPO:0000062 | commonly used for limbs | ||
| APICAL | At or toward the apex or tip | BSPO:0000057 | cells, organs, organisms | ||
| BASAL | At or toward the base | BSPO:0000058 | cells, organs, organisms | ||
| SUPERFICIAL | Near the surface | BSPO:0000004 | external, outer | ||
| DEEP | Away from the surface | BSPO:0000003 | internal, inner | ||
| SUPERIOR | Above or upper (in standard anatomical position) | BSPO:0000022 | cranial (toward head), upper | ||
| INFERIOR | Below or lower (in standard anatomical position) | BSPO:0000025 | caudal (toward tail), lower | ||
| IPSILATERAL | On the same side | BSPO:0000065 | relative to a reference point | ||
| CONTRALATERAL | On the opposite side | BSPO:0000060 | relative to a reference point | ||
| CENTRAL | At or near the center | BSPO:0000059 | middle |
Slots
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| anatomical_side | Anatomical sides as defined in the Biological Spatial Ontology (BSPO) |
Identifier and Mapping Information
Schema Source
- from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
LinkML Source
name: AnatomicalSide
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: 'Anatomical sides as defined in the Biological Spatial Ontology (BSPO).
An anatomical region bounded by a plane perpendicular to an axis through the middle.'
title: Anatomical Side
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
LEFT:
text: LEFT
meaning: BSPO:0000000
title: Left side of a bilaterally symmetric organism
aliases:
- left side
RIGHT:
text: RIGHT
meaning: BSPO:0000007
title: Right side of a bilaterally symmetric organism
aliases:
- right side
ANTERIOR:
text: ANTERIOR
meaning: BSPO:0000055
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: front, rostral, cranial (in head region)
title: Front/ventral side in most animals, toward the head
aliases:
- anterior side
POSTERIOR:
text: POSTERIOR
meaning: BSPO:0000056
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: back, caudal
title: Back/dorsal side in most animals, toward the tail
aliases:
- posterior side
DORSAL:
text: DORSAL
meaning: BSPO:0000063
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: back (in vertebrates), upper (in humans)
title: Back side of organism (top in humans when standing)
aliases:
- dorsal side
VENTRAL:
text: VENTRAL
meaning: BSPO:0000068
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: belly, front (in vertebrates), lower (in humans)
title: Belly side of organism (front in humans when standing)
aliases:
- ventral side
LATERAL:
text: LATERAL
meaning: BSPO:0000066
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: side, outer
title: Away from the midline
aliases:
- lateral side
MEDIAL:
text: MEDIAL
meaning: BSPO:0000067
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: inner, middle
title: Toward the midline
aliases:
- medial side
PROXIMAL:
text: PROXIMAL
meaning: BSPO:0000061
annotations:
context:
tag: context
value: commonly used for limbs
title: Closer to the point of attachment or origin
aliases:
- proximal side
DISTAL:
text: DISTAL
meaning: BSPO:0000062
annotations:
context:
tag: context
value: commonly used for limbs
title: Further from the point of attachment or origin
aliases:
- distal side
APICAL:
text: APICAL
meaning: BSPO:0000057
annotations:
context:
tag: context
value: cells, organs, organisms
title: At or toward the apex or tip
aliases:
- apical side
BASAL:
text: BASAL
meaning: BSPO:0000058
annotations:
context:
tag: context
value: cells, organs, organisms
title: At or toward the base
aliases:
- basal side
SUPERFICIAL:
text: SUPERFICIAL
meaning: BSPO:0000004
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: external, outer
title: Near the surface
aliases:
- superficial side
DEEP:
text: DEEP
meaning: BSPO:0000003
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: internal, inner
title: Away from the surface
aliases:
- deep side
SUPERIOR:
text: SUPERIOR
meaning: BSPO:0000022
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: cranial (toward head), upper
title: Above or upper (in standard anatomical position)
aliases:
- superior side
INFERIOR:
text: INFERIOR
meaning: BSPO:0000025
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: caudal (toward tail), lower
title: Below or lower (in standard anatomical position)
aliases:
- inferior side
IPSILATERAL:
text: IPSILATERAL
meaning: BSPO:0000065
annotations:
context:
tag: context
value: relative to a reference point
title: On the same side
aliases:
- ipsilateral side
CONTRALATERAL:
text: CONTRALATERAL
meaning: BSPO:0000060
annotations:
context:
tag: context
value: relative to a reference point
title: On the opposite side
aliases:
- contralateral side
CENTRAL:
text: CENTRAL
meaning: BSPO:0000059
annotations:
aliases:
tag: aliases
value: middle
title: At or near the center
aliases:
- central side