Tips to Memorize Directional Terms of Anatomy

I find that it's easiest to memorize the directional term in groups and pairs.

For example:
anterior/posterior: front/back They are opposites, so if you remember that anterior goes with posterior and you know that posterior is back, you will know that anterior must be front... at least that's the way I think about it.

The next two are
proximal/distal: closer to origin of body part/ further away from from the origin of the body part. The origin of the body part is where it connects to another body part or where it connects to the trunk of the body, whichever applies. I remember it like this: proximal is in close proximity to the origin, distal is distant from the origin.

The following pair is
superior/inferior:closer to the head/farther away from the head. For example, the neck is superior to the hips because it is closer to the head.

Next two are
superficial/deep:can be seen with the naked eye/can not be seen with the naked eye. Superficial veins are seen through the skin, deep veins are not visible.

medial/lateral/intermediate: towards the midiline/away from the midline/in the between medial and lateral structures. I remember it like this, medial is towards the middle. Lateral is the opposite, so away from the middle of the body, and intermediate is in between.

If they are grouped like this, it is much easier for me, personally, to memorize them. They are grouped on their relation to each other, so they should help.