In the anatomical position, the face and palms are on the body surface, the buttocks and shoulder blades are on the body surface, and the top of the head is the most the ears are and to the shoulders and to the nose. the heart is to the vertebral column and to the lungs. the elbow is to the fingers, but to the shoulder. the abdominopelvic cavity is to the thoracic cavity and to the spinal cavity. in humans, the dorsal surface can also be called the surface; however, in quadruped animals, the dorsal surface is the surface. in an incision cuts the heart into right and left parts, the section is a section, but if the heart is cut so that superior and inferior portions result, the section is a section. if you are told to cut the head of a dissection specimen so that the face remains intact, you would use a section.